San Jose, Mar 30 (EFE). — Several unidentified young men dragged a green sea turtle behind a vehicle through a street somewhere on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast and later slaughtered the animal ...

Would you like to see sea turtles in Costa Rica during your travels? Costa Rica is a prime spot for seeing turtles. This is possible on both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts at different times ...

Poachers snatched hundreds of sea turtle eggs from nests along Costa Rica’s southern coast, a crucial refuge for olive ridley, green and hawksbill and other critically endangered sea turtles.

Police arrested four men Thursday for the suspected killing of two green sea turtles on Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast. The men, surnamed Castellón, Picado, Peña and Ballestero, and the dead turtles ...

One normal migration for turtles, one giant discovery for humankind. With his 14-day journey from the waters of Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park to the Galapagos Marine Reserve in Ecuador, ...

A mass abduction on an idyllic beach in Costa Rica has concluded with happy endings - 736 of them. Poachers snatched hundreds of sea turtle eggs from nests along Costa Rica’s southern coast, a ...

Sea turtles that receive the highest protection in Costa Rica and other neighboring countries are dying by the thousands at the hands of unregulated – and unsustainable – commercial fishing in ...

Besides being beautiful, Costa Rica's beaches are the nesting sites of four endangered sea turtle species, which return each year to lay their eggs. But there is trouble in paradise for these ...

Jaguars killed a minimum of 12 green turtles in 2007. Hawksbill nesting density was very low throughout the season, with only two nests recorded; one in May, the other in July. During daily track ...

Costa Rica is Sea Turtle heaven. With 5 of the worlds 7 species choosing to nest here, it is important to keep its oceans and nesting beaches clean. Nesting turtles travel great distances (up to ...

When the sea turtles hatch, they return the babies to the beach. Another sea turtle makes its way back to the water off the coast of Costa Rica. (Courtesy of Claudio Quesada-Rodríguez) ...