Location: Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica Architect ... With the likes of jaguars and howler monkeys in the vicinity, the central courtyard offers a calm space in the midst of an untamed ecosystem.

My adventure of a lifetime began in 2015 when I was asked to follow the tree-top lives of Costa Rica’s gravity-defying howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata palliata). Image by Justine Allan.

It's a long and bumpy road to there from the visitor centre but keep your eyes peeled for the wildlife: howler and white-faced capuchin monkeys, two of Costa Rica's four monkey species ...

Even with all Grylls’s tripwires and man-traps, however, Costa Rica’s tropical rainforest looks resplendent on-screen, and it ...

Costa Rican forests are home to such animals as jaguars, howler monkeys, toucans, and the resplendent quetzal. Costa Rica has extended legal protection to about 25 percent of its land area, ...