The best Costa Rica rainforests to visit, ... Rich in biodiversity, Monteverde is home to more than 3,200 species of plants, 500 species of orchids, 425 species of birds, ...

The Monteverde Orchid Garden is located about 90 miles from San José, the capital of Costa Rica, and 70 miles from Liberia. The Monteverde Orchid Garden is open every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m ...

An astonishing half a million species, many of which are plants, live in Costa Rica. ... This is why Costa Rica has designated large rainforest areas as nature reserves and natural parks.

Calling all adventure enthusiasts! Costa Rica is a bucket list destination that needs to be top of your travel list. Known ...

Monteverde is a haven for ecotourism on Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast — even its name in Spanish means "green mountain." Home to thousands of plants and more than 400 bird species, like ...

I study the plants and animals that live up in forest canopies or the top of trees in tropical rainforests. Until about 30 years ago, this was an unknown world but it was very interesting for me.

Imagine a rainforest so vast and dense that it shelters more than half of the world’s plant and animal species. The La Gamba (COBIGA) corridor in Costa Rica is one such place. Home to around ...

The cloud forest is one of Costa Rica's top natural wonders. It is home to hundreds of bird and mammal species, more than 2,500 species of plants – including 420 varieties of orchids – and ...