Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest is a treasure trove of botanical wonders. It’s also a major pain to get there. Five miles of new paving on the Monteverde Road was finished in December, adding to ...

Visiting a cloud forest and traversing a gorgeous hanging bridge is one of the best things to do in Costa Rica for an unforgettable vacation. In the midst of Costa Rica's enchanting cloud forests is a ...

Lying in a hammock in a Costa Rican cloud forest, I listen to a chorus of exotic birds singing unfamiliar songs. One squawks like a peacock. Another sounds like it’s frantically telling a story. Then ...

I just returned from a 10-day field study in Costa Rica with a group of students who are enrolled in my York College chemistry course focused on climate change and sustainability. In the classroom, we ...

Walking deep into a lush, primeval forest with a symphony of bird songs in the background is something everyone should experience at least once in their life. Costa Rica is at the forefront of ...

From February 9–17, 2024, explore the beauty of Costa Rica with Dr. Tom Bultman. This tour begins by exploring the lush La Paz Waterfall Gardens. This eco-park oasis features five waterfalls, hiking ...

Situated in the mountains of Monteverde on nine acres of cloud forest, Hotel Belmar is a luxury eco-hotel with incredible views. Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve draws visitors from around ...

Transparency, please, on windowless window seatsThe very term is comedic. Unless, that is, you're the passenger stuck in one, staring at a blank white wall, when you thought... Supplier's data breach ...

This August, my family and I spent a week and a half in Monteverde, in north-central Costa Rica. This is the tropics, but at an elevation of 4,500 feet (1,400 meters) or so. This well-preserved swath ...

Pesticides from coffee and banana cultivation are accumulating in Costa Rica’s biodiverse cloud forests according to research published earlier this month in Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T).