Thanks to the work of a team of young people from Limón, in partnership with the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and ...

The Zanj, enslaved people largely from Africa, rebelled at the same time they were ordered to build a massive system of ...

Costa Toscana is sailing a variety of 5- to 7-night summer sailings roundtrip from Marseille, Barcelona, Rome, and Palermo, Sicily.. Some experiences are much more lively. Take, for instance ...

In 1834, a 22-year-old Yoruba man who would come to be known as Manuel Vidau was captured as a prisoner of war and sold to slave traders in Lagos, today the largest city in Nigeria. A Spanish ship ...

Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama The schooner Clotilda smuggled African captives into the U.S. in 1860, more than 50 years after importing slaves was outlawed.

When the 160-year-old wreckage of the Clotilda, America’s last known slave ship, was positively identified in the murky waters of the Mobile River in 2019, that was enough for Joycelyn Davis ...

Blockade runners: The grim history of the Bristol ships that helped US slave states. The American Civil War ended 160 years ago with the victory of the Union and the abolition of slavery. But many ...

The property includes four archaeological sites located in the Diquís Delta in southern Costa Rica, which are considered unique examples of the complex social, economic and political systems of the ...

The rise in wildlife trafficking is casting a shadow over Costa Rica’s tourism industry, which relies heavily on its reputation as a biodiversity hotspot. In 2024, tourism generated $5.4 billion, ...

'Pirate' shipwrecks that sank in 1710 off Costa Rica are actually remains of Danish slave ships 'It was deliberately hidden': Gold hoard of nearly 600 coins found in Czech Republic may date to ...

In Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean, where tourism and development are booming, natural habitats are shrinking. This pressures ecosystems and disrupts the balance that keeps parasite populations in ...