Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado signed a decree expanding Cocos Island National Park, increasing the fully protected area in its Pacific waters by nearly 53,000 square kilometers. Cocos Island ...

Three times the size of the country’s mainland, the reserve’s abundance of sharks, whales, turtles, and other marine life has been described as an “underwater Jurassic Park.” A whitetip reef shark ...

A commitment to create a marine protected area around Cocos Island fell through, though the country’s new government may take another look. Political leaders should be accountable for their ...

A dozen adults gathered on the upper deck of the M/V Argo, straining at the railing of the boat like children at an FAO Schwarz window. After more than 30 hours of travel through open ocean, we'd ...