A woman drowned in a boating accident in the Tortuguero canals on Costa Rica’s northern Caribbean coast Saturday night, according to a statement from the Public Security Ministry. A boat from the ...

Tortuguero, one of the world’s best places to see nesting sea turtles, is the smallest of towns. On our first morning, we watched a short film narrated by the director of the Sea Turtle Conservancy. A ...

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Named after the Spanish tortuga, meaning turtle, the main attraction in Tortuguero, Costa Rica is the endangered green sea turtles, who come to nest in the black volcanic sands of the park’s 11 miles ...

We boarded a boat at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Laguna Lodge with our guide, Gerardo Alexis Torres, and as soon as we started to rev up, the captain threw on the brakes. Out of total darkness, another boat ...

Most people have heard of the famous turtle beaches. They have read about Tortuguero in Costa Rica or Florida’s busy Atlantic ...

Hawksbill nesting density was very low throughout the season in 2007, with only two nests recorded; one in May, the other in July. During 2007, a total of 39 track surveys were conducted along the ...