Costa Rica loses $252 million a year to illegal gold mining. Discover how cross-border supply chains fuel the crisis.

We expected nostalgia, but our daughters gave us something better when we returned to our honeymoon destination with them ...

My husband and I have lived in Costa Rica since 2016. Here is our honest, no-filter list of the real pros and cons, from unbeatable weather and biodiversity to slow bureaucracy and rising costs, so ...

CapuchinAI, a portable testing station equipped with a touch screen and facial recognition software, could help scientists ...

We rank the 7 Best Beaches in Costa Rica. See which places our readers like the best, and vote for your favorites.

Watching one endure time ashore raises new questions about how flexible that relationship may be.

A new push of Saharan dust is expected to spread across Costa Rica this week, bringing hazy skies, reduced visibility and poorer air quality,... Costa Rica's public health system is preparing to ...

Costa Rica holds a mythical place in many travellers’ imaginations: a small, peaceable country where volcanoes smoulder over the rainforest, scarlet macaws rake the sky and the motto of pura vida — ...

When his grandfather passed away, director Andrés Madrigal felt an urge to pick up his camera and capture every possible ...

The same crystalline waters swooshing the pebbled coast of San Lucas Island were once murked by the crimson red of blood.

The Puerto Rico Film Festival has announced Costa Rica as the official country in focus for its upcoming 17th edition, taking place August 19–23. The announcement marks the first time the festival ...

England wrapped up their official public preparations for the 2026 World Cup with a commanding 3-0 victory over a robust Costa Rica side in Florida.A severe pre-match thunderstorm waterlogged the ...