Tourism to the Poas Volcano and Surrounding Area Gradually Picks Up The Poas Volcano National Park is located some 45 minutes from downtown San Jose in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica.  Due to its impressive crater as well as its proximity to San Jose, the Poas Volcano is one of the most visited [...]

Located in the Costa Rican North Pacific region, the Africa Mia zoo made headlines this weekend by announcing the birth of the first giraffe in the country and Central America as well. The park is named after the movie Out of Africa (Africa Mia in Spanish) and as it name implies the park resembles the [...]

A group of science students from the National University of Distant Studies (UNED) in Costa Rica conducted a study to determine the air quality in the province of Heredia by analyzing lichens. The students went about the main towns of Heredia in search lichen-covered trees due to the ability this organism has to reflect air [...]

The Environmental Ministry Must Rush to Correct a Number of Sanitation Issues in the Park. The Ministry of Health has threatened to close Manuel Antonio National Park, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, due to the unsanitary conditions found on an official visit. The Ministry placed the clean up responsibility in [...]