Every other winter since 2013, McCarthy leads a new group of undergraduate students in Conservation of Tropical Biodiversity (ENWC440) and Debates in Conservation Biology (ENWC450). For four weeks, ...

Costa Rica is home to about 5% of the world’s biodiversity. However, its rich ecosystems are threatened by human activity. The publication noted that many non-profit associations work to protect the ...

A huge number of academic papers have been published over the years by scientists who use camera traps in creative ways to discover new and interesting facts about Costa Rica’s wildlife. After falling ...

The largest-ever camera trap study in Central America, on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, has revealed how human disturbance affects where animals live and how they’re grouped.

That’s the takeaway from my recent Costa Rica Wildlife and Conservation trip, the latest of three Nat Geo tours I’ve joined since 2017.

Ranches in Costa Rica occasionally overlap with jaguar and puma hunting areas, creating conflict that can sometimes be unavoidable. But with the help of conservationists, ranchers are now able to ...

Claudio Quesada-Rodríguez runs research and conservation projects for Ecology Project International in Missoula, Montana. He's based in the Pacuare Reserve in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is widely recognized as a global leader for its environmental accomplishments, not least of which is its success in forest conservation. It is the first tropical country in the world to ...

TALAMANCA, Costa Rica— The Center for Biological Diversity has donated more than 40 acres of land in Costa Rica to a group of Indigenous women for conservation and sustainable cocoa production. The ...

Oropopo Experience and Funga Conservation have designed Costa Rica’s first "Fungi Trail."For the first time, fungi fans will be able to find, identify, photograph and, in certain cases, even ...

Winona State University's Athenaeum Series will present "Costa Rica's Environmental Movement: Round Two" by political science professor Darrell Downs and U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Tex ...

TALAMANCA, Costa Rica— The Center for Biological Diversity has donated more than 40 acres of land in Costa Rica to a group of Indigenous women for conservation and sustainable cocoa production.The ...