Researchers said they named the new species after Cocos Island, also known as Isla del Coco, where it was first discovered ...

The Cocos Island squat lobster measures ... The remote, uninhabited island is home to a national park and sits about 370 miles southwest of mainland Costa Rica. The new species was identified ...

With one-quarter of its land area designated a national trust for parklands and wildlife refuges, Costa Rica is a ... especially in Cocos Island National Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Michael Crichton wrote "Jurassic Park" with it in mind. Robert Louis Stevenson may have based his classic "Treasure Island" on it. Cocos Island, 300 miles off the coast of Costa Rica, is legendary ...