In the rainforest of Costa Rica, a soil-dwelling fish with skin-covered ... Taking a closer look at the animals, researchers quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Ophisternon berlini ...

Costa Rica adopted enlightened wildlife protection laws in 2017, guided by the motto "when in doubt, favor nature.” The country became the first in the world to ban wildlife selfies. Its wildlife ...

Costa Rica’s highways are packed with animal lovers searching for a glimpse of a sloth or red-eyed tree frog. Too many of the nation’s iconic animals are killed by vehicle strikes on the busy roads.

In fact, 90 percent of the native animals in Costa Rica and 50 percent of the plant species native to the country live in the canopies, or upper levels of the rainforest. For this reason ...

The Children’s Eternal Rainforest, or Bosque Eterno de los Niños, is a 55,000-acre private nature reserve in Costa Rica. In 1987 ... they may spot rain-forest animals such as toucans and ...