Over millions of years, the Earth’s upper layers have performed a dance that has created mountains, volcanoes, continents, ridges and ocean trenches. Tectonic plates play a key role in this process.

A tourist slides down the slopes of the Cerro Negro volcano. With chill coastal communities like San Juan del Sur buzzing with surf-minded visitors, the stellar swells crashing along the Pacific Coast ...

Discover what makes Central America’s celebrated coffee regions, from volcanic slopes to misty mountain plantations, home to some of the world’s most coveted beans. The volcanic topography and ...