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 ...

Anglers off Costa Rica caught a 6-foot-long nurse shark with an orange-yellow hue in a first-of-its-kind sighting, a study said and photos show. Photo from Garvin Watson, shared by Marioxis ...

In the northeastern region of Costa Rica on its Caribbean coast is the small village of Tortuguero, meaning region of turtles. Here lies Tortuguero National Park in the province of Limón, where its ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --A man fishing in waters off the coast of Costa Rica reeled in an unusual catch -- the first documented orange shark. Garvin Watson reeled in the 6-foot, 6-inch nurse shark while ...

It looks like a giant goldfish. But what anglers pulled in during a fishing trip near Costa Rica's Tortuguero National Park last year was, as far as we know, one of a kind. The nurse shark, cut loose ...

Have you ever seen a shark like this? This amazing bright orange shark is so far the only one of its kind, found during a fishing trip near Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica. Its unusual colour ...