You aren’t alone if a Costa Rican vacation is on your bucket list, especially if you live in the U.S.—tourism is the Central American country’s biggest source of revenue, and over half of the folks ...

If your daily experience of Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano, like that of many residents of central Costa Rica, consists of dusting layers of volcanic ash from your windshield, plants or patio – or if, ...

Two popular places people like to visit in the Turrialba area have reopened after being closed for more than a week because of heavy rain and concerns about uncertain conditions. Turrialba Volcano ...

Costa Rica's Turrialba volcano roars to life with its largest eruption in more than a century, blanketing nearby towns in ash. Yiming Woo reports. Costa Rica’s Turrialba volcano had its most powerful ...

Poás Volcano (Volcán Poás) recorded a small phreatic eruption on 20 September 2026, giving travellers in Alajuela a fresh ...

A volcano erupted Friday near the capital of Costa Rica, choking surrounding communities with smoke and ash. In the capital San Jose, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the Turrialba volcano, the air ...

I’m fascinated by the raw power of volcanoes. As a volcanologist, being in a crater and feeling the movement and pressure under your feet is almost a spiritual experience. I’m based at the National ...

Over millions of years, the Earth’s upper layers have performed a dance that has created mountains, volcanoes, continents, ridges and ocean trenches. Tectonic plates play a key role in this process.