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Las Salinas in Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge

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These Salt Flats in Puerto Rico Are Cotton-Candy Pink

Some 1,500 rhesus macaques live a mile off the eastern shore of Puerto Rico on Cayo Santiago.

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The Puerto Rican Island Where 1,500 Monkeys Rule

Guánica 1929 was one of Puerto Rico’s first inns established under the U.S. government.

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How a Network of Family-Owned Inns in Puerto Rico Is Preserving the Island's Culture

Puerto Rico's unofficial national dish usually consists of fried green plantains mashed with garlic, <em>chicharrón </em>(deep-fried pork skin) and cilantro.

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A Brief History of Puerto Rico's Beloved Mofongo

This mural outside of an outfitter's office illustrates the snaking mouth of Mosquito Bay.

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Puerto Rico's Bioluminescent Bays Are Brighter Than Ever

Chinchorrear<em>,</em> or the act of hopping between multiple chinchorros to eat, drink and dance, has become an essential part of Puerto Rican culture.

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The Lure of Puerto Rico's Chinchorros

Google's Art Camera scanned dozens of works of art in high resolution.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda Teams Up With Google to Digitize Puerto Rico's Art

A coqui frog perches on a branch in Puerto Rico.

SCIENCE

Chirps of Coqui Frogs May Be Getting Shorter and Higher Pitched As Climate Warms

Luisa Capetillo, left, was a labor organizer and one of Puerto Rico's foundational feminists. Right, women on Election Day in 1936, the first year all women on the island could vote.

HISTORY

In Puerto Rico, Women Won the Vote in a Bittersweet Game of Colonial Politics

SMART NEWS

Archaeologists Date Pre-Hispanic Puerto Rican Rock Art for the First Time