Caribbean cruises are as varied as the sun-drenched islands themselves, from party-ready mega ships to sleek sailing yachts.

Costa Rica's Independence Day on September 15, 2025, brings parades, lantern marches, and street food to towns like San José.

Scientists published a study this month on the nurse shark, which was caught and photographed by sport fishermen last year. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Reporting from Mexico City Whatever it was, the ...

In a dry tropical forest in northwest Costa Rica, researchers found a colony of rare Vampyrum spectrum, or spectral bats, living in a hollow tree. The team set up a video camera and over the course of ...

One fish, two fish, red fish — orange shark? Scientists came across a bright orange shark in the wild whose creamsicle-colored skin was pigmented by two genetic conditions that are exceedingly rare ...

An earthquake shook Costa Rica early Friday morning. The tremor occurred at 12:45 a.m. with a magnitude of 4.4. Its epicenter was located 1 kilometer southwest of San Juan de Tibás, at a depth of 5 ...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US The nurse shark, which measured more than six ...

Despite having both xanthism and albinism, this Caribbean nurse shark survived well into adulthood, raising new questions about the conditions and the species' adaptability. During a sport fishing ...