My apologies for the lack of blog updates. Between long-term projects and building up Mongabay.org–the non-profit arm of Mongabay–I haven’t had the opportunity to post lately. However I’m happy to announce that the pictures from my June trip to Costa Rica are now online.
All of the photos have been added to existing pictures galleries in the Costa Rica pictures section. Some of the highlights from the latest trip have also been posted in a special gallery. I hope you enjoy.
In coming weeks I’ll be doing a series of Costa Rica-related stories on the news section.
Continued at Costa Rica 2013 highlights

![Green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_1796]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1796.jpg)

![Masked frog (Litoria personata) [costa_rica_siquirres_1021]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_1021.jpg)
![Lizard [costa_rica_siquirres_0179]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0179.jpg)

![Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0681]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0681.jpg)


![Giant Toad (Bufo marinus) [costa_rica_osa_0987]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0987.jpg)
![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0250]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0250.jpg)

![Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0113]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_aerial_0113.jpg)

![Rainforests [costa_rica_osa_0152]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0152.jpg)
![Fer de lance [costa_rica_osa_0560]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0560.jpg)
![Red cup fungi (Cookeina speciosa) [costa_rica_la_selva_0488]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0488.jpg)

![Siquirres rainforest [costa_rica_siquirres_0587]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0587.jpg)
![Heliconia [costa_rica_siquirres_0001]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0001.jpg)
![Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0929]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0929.jpg)


![Epiphytes in a rainforest canopy tree [costa_rica_osa_0063]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0063.jpg)
![Frog eggs [costa_rica_osa_0884]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0884.jpg)
![Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) [costa_rica_la_selva_1665]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1665.jpg)
![Giant rainforest tree [costa_rica_osa_0248]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0248.jpg)
![Masked frog (Litoria personata) [costa_rica_siquirres_1023]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_1023.jpg)


![Green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0014]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0014.jpg)
![Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0915]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0915.jpg)
![Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) [costa_rica_osa_0542]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0542.jpg)




![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0239]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0239.jpg)
![Butterfly [costa_rica_siquirres_0757]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0757.jpg)
![Jumping spider [costa_rica_siquirres_0653]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0653.jpg)
![Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1035]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1035.jpg)
![Spider [costa_rica_siquirres_0273]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0273.jpg)

![Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_1642]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1642.jpg)
![Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0758]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0758.jpg)
![Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0284]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0284.jpg)
![Green-blue bee [costa_rica_la_selva_0174]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0174.jpg)
![Craugastor bransfordii frog [costa_rica_la_selva_1366]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1366.jpg)

![Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_la_selva_0136]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0136.jpg)

![Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1498]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1498.jpg)
![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0127]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0127.jpg)
![Frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0989]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0989.jpg)

![Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1057]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1057.jpg)

![Ginger flower [costa_rica_la_selva_1490]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1490.jpg)
![Central American rainforest [costa_rica_la_selva_1343]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1343.jpg)
![Tree frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0437]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0437.jpg)
![Lizard [costa_rica_la_selva_1228]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1228.jpg)
![Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1049]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_1049.jpg)
![Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0898]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0898.jpg)
