When placing camera traps to document Costa Rica's wildlife like the tapir, local water sources are used as they attract more animal activity ...

The endangered tapir faces threats like poaching, habitat loss, and trafficking, but Nai Conservation, an organization in Costa Rica, is leading a grassroots effort to save the species.

I long wondered why everyone raved about the small Latin American country—then my first visit turned into a new lease on life ...

University of Delaware undergraduate students summit the Cerro de la Muerte mountain peak in Costa Rica. The location is one of the only places to observe the volcano hummingbird and the volcano junco ...

In Costa Rica, Brenes-Mora has seized on the connection between large herbivores and carbon sequestration as a way to highlight the importance of preserving the tapirs, under threat from habitat loss ...

Really want to see sloths in their natural habitat? Here's where you should explore in Costa Rica.

Richard Bangs explores the ecological nexus of North and South America — Costa Rica.

On a private nature reserve in Costa Rica, Donald Varela-Soto searched for the source of a shrill frog call for six months. What he found turned out to be a new species, a tiny green tree frog ...

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 ...