Cougars are graceful, elegant hunters, and they are everywhere. You could run the length of the western hemisphere and still ...

Costa Rica is a pioneering destination in sustainability, renowned for its dedication to green travel, with the preservation of the environment at the heart of its tourism strategy. Its latest ...

Cerro Chirripó, the country’s highest peak, is known as the “land of eternal waters” in the indigenous language Cabécar — and ...

Three new orchid species from the genus Pleurothallis have been discovered in the cloud forests of Costa Rica and western ...

Tourism sector faces competitiveness challenges Costa Rica’s tourism sector is witnessing modest growth despite significant ...

Volcanoes often give little warning before they erupt, but now scientists have discovered an unexpected early warning ...

A recent fish kill on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast highlights the environmental cost of monoculture farming and pesticide use in banana, pineapple, and palm oil plantations.

Protecting trees might not seem like a public health strategy, but new research suggests it could be—especially in the ...

Protecting trees might not seem like a public health strategy, but new research suggests it could be-especially in the ...

By Mongabay.com Ranches in Costa Rica occasionally overlap with jaguar and puma hunting areas, creating conflict that can ...

Animals can cause devastating damage too. Wild boars, for example, destroy crops, cornfields and vineyards, while mosquitoes ...