Animals and wildlife in Costa Rica
Bestowed with an intense array of biodiversity and environmental attractions, Costa Rica is actually located between two seas and two continents. It is more than a vacation destination and it offers some of the most different species of wild animals of the world. More than 500,000 different species of wild life live in this country […]
Situated between two continents and two seas, Costa Rica is like a biographical bridge bursting with rich biodiversity. This small country provides some of the finest and most varied wildlife on the planet. This country has more than 500,000 different species (about 4% of all plant), insect and wildlife species on the Earth. The local […]
Costa Rica is just like a Paradise for the birdwatchers. With its rich biodiversity this country is home of more than 900 species of birds among which 600 species call Costa Rica their home all year round and 200 migrate from temperate zones. There are small hummingbirds, amazing species as the Resplendent Quetzal and hawk eagles, […]
A Brief History Sharks are among one of the oldest groups of animals that still exist today. They started showing up in the fossil evidence around 400 million years ago. The first sharks bore very little resemblance to what the modern sharks look like today. The world’s modern sharks started showing up around 100 million […]
One of the biggest lures for visitors at the Cocos Island for explorers, divers, biologists and sailors is its rich biodiversity. The Island’s much sought after tropical waters teem with life including innumerable white tip reef sharks, schooling hammerhead sharks, dolphins, mantas and marbled rays, giant moray eels, sailfish, and the occasional whale shark. Other […]