The most common species is the Costa Rican Bark Scorpion. This scorpion tends to hide in dark, cool places during the day and come out at night.

I’m sticking with common basilisk but in these cases, you can’t go wrong with the scientific name. Another name that’s commonly used to describe all three species of basilisk lizards that live in ...

Costa Rica is home to 13 different species of geckos. One of, if not the most, abundant species, the common house gecko (Hemidactylus fenatus), isn’t originally Tico. Like myself and the cattle egret, ...

Costa Rica has started a campaign to try and stop people from taking animal selfies, as there has been a rise in tourists picking up wild animals to take pictures with them.

Costa Rica announced last week that it would close its two remaining state zoos, more than a decade after it passed a law to ban keeping wild animals in government-sponsored captivity but was met ...