For the most part, they arrive in Costa Rica in September and hang out until around April. They return north to the United States in April to breed. Apparently, the majority of the birds that migrate ...

Costa Rica has natural reserves with a great diversity of endemic and migratory birds. (Photo via Provided by Collette). Costa Rica is an equatorial country and experiences a tropical climate with ...

Felipe Foncueva / Bird Photographer of the Year "This underwater image of a brown pelican was taken off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, near the mouth of the Tarcoles River, where there are small ...

New research reveals that scuba-diving lizards, described as "the chicken nuggets of the forest," use a bubble to breathe ...

Are you trying to decide between Costa Rica vs Dominican Republic for your next adventure? Both destinations offer incredible ...

Animals have evolved all manner of methods to evade danger. For one lizard species living in the tropical forests of Costa ...

In human societies, distinct languages and dialects are common. What most people don’t know is that other species, namely ...

The cloud forest is one of Costa Rica's top natural wonders. It is home to hundreds of bird and mammal species, more than 2,500 species of plants – including 420 varieties of orchids – and ...

A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater. (Photo by Lindsey Swierk ...

This week, meet a “scuba-diving” lizard, marvel at a spacecraft’s longevity, explore hidden physics in a painting, unravel ...

Not only are the lizards able to stay underwater for an extended period of time, they do so by creating air bubbles on their snouts that they “rebreathe,” Swierk said in a study published Sept. 18 in ...