The Holbrook Explorer

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With 40 acres of wildlife refuge, 10 animal exhibits, five waterfalls and two and a half miles of walking trails, it’s no wonder La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Alajuela, Costa Rica was named the number

In 1984, during the course of running a birding program in Costa Rica, Giovanna Holbrook came across a large forested property in the Sarapiqui region that was in danger of being timbered.

Our world is vast and the list of animals living in it seems infinite. It may seem like a daunting task to try and document each and every living organism known to man, and indeed it can be.

People often dream of traveling the world. Then life happens: you get a job, get married, have children, and suddenly you're so tied down that you fear your dream will always be just that.

What has hair as perfectly coiffed as Elvis' and as stunningly bright as a Red Hot? The Araripe Manakin. The males of the species don fiery red feathers on their frontal tufts and jet black wings