Noah Kane does not climb up branches like a curious kid nor use the rope techniques of a canopy scientist. He climbs on trees ...

From February 9–17, 2024, explore the beauty of Costa Rica with Dr. Tom Bultman. This tour begins by exploring the lush La Paz Waterfall Gardens. This eco-park oasis features five waterfalls, hiking ...

Costa Rican forests are teaming with biological diversity. There are four exquisite forest types found in Costa Rica: cloud forests, Caribbean rainforests, Pacific rainforests and dry forests. Costa ...

This August, my family and I spent a week and a half in Monteverde, in north-central Costa Rica. This is the tropics, but at an elevation of 4,500 feet (1,400 meters) or so. This well-preserved swath ...

This three-part Mongabay mini-series examines grassroots forest restoration projects carried out within isolated island ecosystems — whether those islands are surrounded by ocean as on the Big Island ...

I just returned from a 10-day field study in Costa Rica with a group of students who are enrolled in my York College chemistry course focused on climate change and sustainability. In the classroom, we ...

Visiting a cloud forest and traversing a gorgeous hanging bridge is one of the best things to do in Costa Rica for an unforgettable vacation. In the midst of Costa Rica's enchanting cloud forests is a ...

Costa Rica — explored by Columbus — literally translates to “The Rich Coast.” Costa Rica is one of the most exotic tourist destinations available to a variety of potential visitors from the United ...

Pesticides from coffee and banana cultivation are accumulating in Costa Rica’s biodiverse cloud forests according to research published earlier this month in Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T).

This post is part of our special coverage Forest Focus: Amazon and Global Development 2011. The Monteverde Now project documents the stories of 11 members of the Monteverde Community through short ...