Living in the heart of Costa Rica’s nature, with your own room and all meals covered, in exchange for caring for rescued ...

That gorgeous shell you slipped into your bag on a Costa Rica beach could land you in serious legal trouble, and the ...

Costa Rica is known for being home to some of the world’s cutest animals, such as sloths and ocelots. But the country’s national tourism body wants visitors to come to their country to look at animals ...

Hi, I'm Sarah. My husband Thomas and I have been living in Costa Rica since 2016, and one of the things that genuinely surprised us when we first moved here was just how serious this country is about ...

A newly described species of ghost shark, Rhinochimaera costaricana, has been identified from deep waters off Costa Rica ...

If you bet your Costa Rica vacation on seeing this iconic animal, you'll likely come home disappointed. Still, here are some ...

Costa Rica lawmakers approve a measure requiring wildlife crossings on roads when infrastructure threatens wildlife and ...

Costa Rica, renowned for its wildlife, has recently launched a campaign to dissuade people from taking selfies with wild animals. Despite being banned in the country more than 10 years ago, large ...

Meet the greater grison, a very cool member of the weasel family that you’ve almost definitely never heard of. The weasel family is well represented in Costa Rica. We’ve previously discussed the tayra ...

I get it, nobody likes skunks. They smell like rotten eggs. They’ve sprayed you or they’ve sprayed your dog, forcing you to take some sort of strange action like bath in tomato sauce. But let’s forget ...