Cartagena — a lively city on Colombia’s northern Caribbean coast — has always moved to the rhythm of its own drum. It’s where the jaunty beats of cumbia music fill a UNESCO-stamped historical quarter, ...

While green isn’t an unusual color in nature, beautiful green animals are somewhat rare and exotic. Many green-colored animals, such as toads and various insects, have little to distinguish them ...

After a 15-hour flight from Sydney to Dallas, a half-delirious stopover, a bumpy flight to Houston and an-hour long drive to ...

Sloths, the world's slowest mammal, have been around for 64 million years. Sharyn Alfonsi traveled to Costa Rica to learn more about how they've survived.

Renowned for its natural beauty and ecological preservation, Costa Rica is ramping up efforts to become a contender in global ...

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

Not every memorable walk involves climbing mountains or heading somewhere remote. Plenty of great routes stick to gentler ...

The sudden rise of Oropouche disease has startled officials, according to reports. What is Oropouche? Are you in danger? How to protect yourself and your family from this virus? Here's all you need to ...

Earth’s major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice ...

OROV thrives in humid tropical regions and has historically been limited to the Amazon Basin, with more than 30 documented epidemic outbreaks in South America and the Caribbean between 1960 and 2009.

The Caribbean Cove exhibit at the Abilene zoo is getting a major upgrade, one that’s been a year in the making and is nearly ...