On August 31, 1959, Costa Rica’s national tree was named, it was to become the Guanacaste tree. Standing tall and wide, many of us have probably caught sight of the Guanacaste Tree. Not knowing and ...

A pair of scarlet macaws livens up a fern tree on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. The species is threatened by habitat loss and the pet trade through most of its range, but the Osa population is ...

Costa Rica’s Must-see National Parks and Rain Forests Rain is not what we usually look for on a vacation — unless we’re exploring Costa Rica, where rain forests make up more than 50% of the ...