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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 ...

Erica and Matt Hogan never intended to walk away with 600 acres of wild rainforest when they went shopping for a little piece of Costa Rica to call their own in 2006. That was until they happened upon ...

As the sloth moved slowly, its claws gripping onto the railings in front of us, we all cooed around it, shocked that we were seeing this rare animal so close up. Especially as we’re just outside the ...

After a multimillion-dollar renovation, Costa Rica's Four Seasons Peninsula Papagayo balances wellness and eco-luxury. Summoning the energy to conquer a steep mountain hike before my morning coffee ...

This morning, as I sat in my sweaty little office being slow-roasted by an incorrectly vented clothes dryer, my task, as it often is, was to review a couple hundred wildlife videos and enter ...

Every day is a vacation at this hotel-branded residential community in Costa Rica. The 2,300-acre Reserva Conchal in Guanacaste is known for its white sand beaches and sustainable practices, and now, ...

Erica and Mateo Hogan, a couple from Crested Butte, wanted to create a tropical paradise. “It was very muddy four or five months out of the year in Crested Butte, so we were thinking of buying some ...

On a private nature reserve in Costa Rica, Donald Varela-Soto searched for the source of a shrill frog call for six months. What he found turned out to be a new species, a tiny green tree frog that ...