A Road Trip to Sarapiquí: The Other Side of the Mountain Sarapiquí is an ecotourist’s dream — a vast expanse of tropical rainforest teeming with animals, bursting with vegetation and mercifully spared from the mega resorts and hordes of tourists found in many parts of...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Bottom line — keep your eyes open and be aware of your surroundings. The potentially deadly danger posed by both of these featured creatures comes from being in a human’s rightful place at the wrong time. Fer-de-lance...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]When we, Pipa and Coco from The Vegan Pirates, first met Yulian Cordero on a dive trip to Isla del Caño, a small island in the south Pacific region of Costa Rica, we didn't know it would change the course of the next...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Costa Rica is home to the largest species of coati, Nasua narica, known as the white-nosed coati. They are very fun to watch and are the clowns of the forest. These animals can grow to 120 cm long, their large, bushy tail...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]If you come to Costa Rica, count on eventually becoming attracted to the beautiful birds here. With over 900 to see, it can become a serious hobby. As a photographer first, I developed my love for birds here. There is...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Spanish Text below by CPI! To swim 16,000 miles is an impressive feat by any standard, but to do this on an empty stomach and while pregnant is truly remarkable. Granted, the humpback whale has a significant size advantage over...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Jaguars are the largest feline species in Costa Rica and the third-largest on the planet, next to lions and tigers. Average size varies by geographic location, with larger jaguars tending to live in habitats further...
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest of all surviving turtle species. It’s also the fourth heaviest reptile, with three species of crocodile weighing more. Leatherbacks are differentiated from other sea turtles by their lack of a bony shell. Instead, the top...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center (See the beautiful photos below. Click here for puzzles of the animals.) Recently, I was contacted by Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center and asked if I could use my photography skills to help Costa Rican...
Ants of CR could use better PR According to The Encyclopedia Britannica, ants are second only to human beings as the most social and communal animals on earth. Some philosophers and myrmecologists (scientists who study ants) have suggested that this order...
[uxgallery id="1"] It's Quetzal Time! Ripe Avocados Make San Gerardo de Dota a Birding Paradise The small wild avocados, known in Spanish as aguacatillos, are ripe in San Gerardo de Dota. To us birders, that means "It's quetzal time!" The resplendent...
The nine-banded armadillo is a fascinating medium-sized mammal. It is one of the official state animals of Texas. Its ancestors originated in South America in a wide range of habitats from rainforest to grassland and dry scrub. It was the development of the Isthmus of...