LIMÓN, Costa Rica, June 5, 2013 (ENS) – Costa Rican environmentalist Jairo Mora Sandoval was murdered on May 30, while attempting to protect leatherback turtle nests on Moín Beach, on Costa ...

Costa Rica is Sea Turtle heaven. With 5 of the worlds 7 species choosing to nest here, it is important to keep its oceans and nesting beaches clean. Nesting turtles travel great distances (up to ...

Located on Costa Rica’s northeast Caribbean coast, Tortuguero National Park protects a large area of lowland tropical rain forest as well as the sea turtles that give the park its name ...

Around 28% of the land in Costa Rica is protected — due in no small part to the fact the country is home to a whopping 30 national parks. From a former prison site to a turtle-nesting hotspot ...

A mass abduction on an idyllic beach in Costa Rica has concluded with happy endings — 736 of them. Poachers snatched hundreds of sea turtle eggs from nests along Costa Rica’s southern coast, a ...

A mass abduction on an idyllic beach in Costa Rica has concluded with happy endings - 736 of them. Poachers snatched hundreds of sea turtle eggs from nests along Costa Rica’s southern coast, a ...

An estimated 177,620 green turtle nests were laid during 2007.A total of 21.0% of all green turtle nests recorded during track surveys were deposited between Tortuguero river mouth (mile –3/8) and ...

White-tailed deer in the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica have been spotted regularly chewing on sea turtle bones. The behaviour may be an attempt to boost nutrient intake ...