Blessed with staggering tropical forests that roll down to equally dramatic coastlines, it's no wonder pura vida-the Costa Rican catchphrase for appreciation, relaxation, and blissed-out simplicity-is ...

A bat cave in Costa Rica is likely the reason a family caught a fungal lung disease known as histoplasmosis. In December of last year, a family of 13 visited Arenal and Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica ...

A family visited a bat cave in Costa Rica. They were then infected with a fungal disease. Julia Gomez, USA TODAY Updated 22 May 2025 at 11:41 am ...

A bat cave in Costa Rica is likely the reason a family caught a fungal lung disease known as histoplasmosis. In December of last year, a family of 13 visited Arenal and Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica ...

A bat cave in Costa Rica is likely the reason a family caught a fungal lung disease known as histoplasmosis. In December of last year, a family of 13 visited Arenal and Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, ...

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish ...

Photo credit: Imogene Wells, Stony Brook University. Outside of work, when I share my love for animals with others, I typically encounter those who favor and focus on the cute, cuddly, and furry.

Vaccination campaigns have been largely effective at preventing rabies outbreaks in dogs in Costa Rica. The virus, though, keeps reemerging in cattle, spread by vampire bats.

As for the 287 animals held in the last two public zoos-a jaguar, crocodiles, spider monkeys, and a sloth among them, they'll be evaluated by biologists and vets, quarantined, and either returned ...

Costa Rica announced last week that it would close its two remaining state zoos, more than a decade after it passed a law to ban keeping wild animals in government-sponsored captivity but was met ...