New research has indicated that two ships found in Costa Rica, once thought by archaeologists to be pirate ships, were ...

Cerro Chirripó, the country’s highest peak, is known as the “land of eternal waters” in the indigenous language Cabécar — and ...

In April 2019, a fiery streak lit up the sky over northern Costa Rica. It wasn’t lightning or fireworks. It was a rock from ...

Costa Rica is once again taking a firm step in its environmental history. The Costa Rica Convention Center, was invited to ...

In a world where certainty is increasingly scarce, Costa Rica is offering international investors something rare: a ...

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Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch.

Costa Rican police seized five capybaras, crack cocaine and marijuana after chasing down a fleeing vehicle on a highway along the Central American country's Pacific coast.