Moving earth and rising waters
Engineering the impossible
Biogeography and evolutionary oddities
The cultural geography of languages and borders
Which rare, colorful bird is highly celebrated in the Monteverde cloud forests of Costa Rica?
schopenhauer Match four-word phrases to learn quirky facts about Central America and the Caribbean.
schopenhauer An uninhabited island in the Bahamas is famous for its friendly, ocean-swimming feral pigs.
What type of microscopic organisms cause the brilliant blue glow in Puerto Rico's bioluminescent bays?
Bioluminescent bays: Puerto Rico's Mosquito Bay glows so brightly that its light can be seen from low-altitude flights at night.
schopenhauer Microscopic organisms light up Puerto Rico's coastal bays with a magical blue glow when disturbed.
How long is the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the Western Hemisphere's largest coral reef?
What makes Monteverde's cloud forests in Costa Rica different from typical rainforests?
The ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location. The Caribbean islands exhibit high rates of this phenomenon, harboring unique species like Hispaniola's venomous solenodon.
Why do the single-celled organisms in Puerto Rico's Mosquito Bay flash with blue-green light?