Scientists have discovered at least four new species of octopus in the deep waters of a 100-square-mile area near Costa Rica, officials from the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday.

Costa Rica has launched the project “Construction and outfitting of the facility for the Center dedicated to the Collection and Administration of Heritage Collections”,” (long title!) aimed at ...

Scientists have discovered at least four new octopus species off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. According to Schmidt Ocean Institute, the new species were spotted around the region’s ...

Denmark's National Museum said two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica were previously thought to have been pirate ships. Latest U.S.

Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica that were previously believed to be pirate ships are 18th-Century Danish slave ships that have been missing for centuries.

Nearly 1,000 new species were discovered in 2023 by scientists at London’s Natural History Museum and the California Academy of Sciences, proving that Earth is still home to many unexplored wonders.

CAHUITA NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA—Two shipwrecks located in the shallow waters off Costa Rica’s Cahuita National Park were long believed by locals to be those of former pirate ships.

Winner brings up the museum’s Dunkleosteus terrelli, a huge predatory fish that swam the Rocky River roughly 360 million years ago “when Cleveland was a tropical paradise, much like Costa Rica.” ...

In total, over 160 deep-sea animal specimens were collected from the latest expedition in December, and they will all be archived at the Museum of Zoology at the University of Costa Rica, adding ...