One of the year’s biggest olive ridley sea turtle arribadas kicked off on September 13 at Ostional Beach in Costa Rica’s Guanacaste province. Thousands of females have come ashore to nest, covering ...

Ostional Beach is one of only two places in the world where the natural phenomenon of olive ridley turtle arrivals and nesting occurs on a massive scale. Now, it is also an inclusive beach, featuring ...

Most people have heard of the famous turtle beaches. They have read about Tortuguero in Costa Rica or Florida’s busy Atlantic coastline, where thousands gather each summer to watch the spectacle.

Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...