Stories: Costa Rica

Stories connected to Costa Rica.

• It gives birth to live young. Then it may eat them.The Central American fish Brachyrhaphis roseni gives birth to live young. In captivity, adults often prey on…
• He fenced in Berlin, then judged another fencing match.Bernardo de la Guardia, Costa Rica's first Olympic athlete, competed in men's sabre at the 1936 Berlin Games.…
• The lizard runs across water, brieflyBasilisks of Central and South America can run across water for short distances. Flaps between their toes enl…
• The red lips are not petalsPalicourea elata grows in Central and South American rainforests. Its conspicuous red, lip-shaped structures…
• A moth larva takes on a snake-like faceThe moth Hemeroplanes triptolemus occurs in Central America and beyond. Its caterpillar can expand the front…
• Its round fruit turns blue insideNative to Central and South America, the cannonball tree bears round fruit with woody shells, reaching about…