Three hundred miles—and a 36-hour boat ride—southwest of mainland Costa Rica, a lush volcanic island rears up improbably out of the Pacific Ocean. Cocos is at once a geological anomaly, a stopover for ...

According to Travel + Leisure magazine, Costa Rica has one of the best places in the world to practice diving: Cocos Island. “Costa Rica’s Cocos Islands lie more than 340 miles off the country’s ...

The scent of diesel, rusting anchors and fish slurry hung in the humid air of the harbor. I was in Puntarenas on the western shore of Costa Rica, waiting to leave on a scuba-diving trip to Cocos ...

Avi Klapfer’s scuba diving luck probably has something to do with his 22 years of experience at Cocos Island. But it’s much more fun to believe he has the ability to summon the sharks. Born and raised ...

For our second annual Ultimate Adventure Bucket List, 20 of the world's top athletes and explorers share their wildest dream trips—a dazzling list of never attempted feats daunting to even these world ...

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 ...

Despite the high concentration of sharks in Cocos, some species have declined in number – a signal on the effectiveness of marine preserves. Genna Marie Robustelli , Author provided Marine protected ...