[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...
Lo sentimos, los paquetes de adopción solo están disponibles en inglés. From as little as 20¢ per day you can make a difference to all of the monkeys in our care. Every year hundreds of howler monkeys are electrocuted on uninsulated power lines and transformers. The...
I have been self-isolating with my family in the Costa Rica jungle for weeks now. The sun is just starting to peek its head over the mountain as I enjoy my first sip of hot Costa Rican coffee. Beaches have been closed for what seems like forever. The normal sounds of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] More than 70% of the howler monkeys rescued at Refuge for Wildlife are injured due to unsafe power distribution equipment. It is a very sad fact that most cannot survive the gruesome wounds caused by electrocution. Almost half are...
Photo above: Volunteer biologist Nancy Tankersley reaches into a fresh turtle nest to scoop out the eggs before poachers do. Photo: Nancy Tankersley. Poachers got to the nest in Playa Lagartillo first. Where there should have been dozens of sea turtle eggs buried in the beach, there was just a hole. The eggs had been stolen by human hands, to be sold on the black market as aphrodisiacs (a myth).