The Gulf of Papagayo, located in northwestern Costa Rica, is a peaceful stretch of Pacific coastline known for its forest ...

New hotels, big events and fast-growing destinations make Central America one of the most exciting regions for travelers to ...

Journey into the rainforest of Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica, and witness the beauty of Salto de la Novia. This dramatic waterfall plunges over lush, green cliffs into a rocky jungle basin, creating a ...

Retirement is often seen as a time to relax, explore, and enjoy life without the constraints of work, but choosing the right ...

In the late 1980s, something began to go wrong in places that were supposed to be safe. Protected cloud forests, buffered ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

Visit Costa Rica partners with Bath Rugby to promote sustainable tourism in the UK while supporting rugby development and ...

Jason Gray is the Project Director of the Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force, a project of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. The GCF Task Force ...

The multibillion-dollar fund would essentially pay countries to keep forests standing, hoping for success where earlier forest-protection ideas have struggled. By Somini Sengupta and Claire Brown To ...

When you sip a cup of coffee or use a rubber band, you’re benefiting from tropical forests. These lush ecosystems provide countless products we rely on daily — from food to materials like wood and ...

Australia’s tropical forests are the world’s first to flip a worrisome switch. The forests are now putting more carbon into the atmosphere than they are taking out, researchers report in the Oct. 16 ...

Most climbers learn on rock or at the gym, but 26-year-old American Noah Kane started with trees in Costa Rica, where he spent much of his childhood. He did not climb up the branches as a curious kid ...