Discover a land where rainforest meets reef, volcanoes tower above cloud forests, and pura vida is a way of life. Here’s our guide to where to stay, what to eat, and what to know before you visit Costa Rica.
Shot by Birch Thomas and César Rodríguez
From UNESCO-listed streets and rainforest waterfalls to glowing bays and innovative local cuisine, Puerto Rico delivers extraordinary experiences in every corner.
Shot by César Rodríguez
This gravity-defying rail journey through the Swiss Alps is a portal to the past, which brings you up close to mesolithic and medieval history—and a window onto the rapid changes this dramatic landscape is undergoing right now.
Shot by Massimo Nicolaci
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will investigate questions about the composition of the universe and its ultimate end.
Photo by Michael Seeley
"Twenty-five years ago, when I first looked over the edge... I thought I was the kind of fool that should live here.”
Shot by Corey Arnold
The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey.
Shot by Ajay Narendra, Macquarie University
An orca drags and spins a sea turtle, as if trying to show her baby how to hunt. Researchers say it might be an example of teaching.
Shot by Alonso I. Rodríguez de la Parra/Mares de Mexico
A decade after they vanished from the ocean, the discovery of this lost colony of sunflower sea stars offers new hope for California's kelp forests.
Photo by Patrick Webster
An endangered sea turtle named Lucky washed up in Nova Scotia last year. Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of why she and other turtles are traveling so far north.
Photo by Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas
Scientists created the first-ever map of this vast underground fungal network and found it could stretch to the sun and back more than a billion times.
Shot by Corentin Bisot, VU Amsterdam, AMOLF, SPUN
Scientists think the killer whales might be doing it for fun.
Shot by Katy Ayres