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Costa Rica’s Biodiversity Crisis: How Climate Change Threatens 90,000 Species

Cram 90,000 species into a country the size of the U.S. state of West Virginia, add global warming and mounting threats from development and...

Costa Rica Sea Turtle Nests Affected by the Heat

Costa Rica’s Sea turtles, already threatened, may face their worst foe yet if global warming and rising sea levels continue unchecked. Climate change, according...

Climate Change in Costa Rica: A Gaia Theory Perspective

Costa Rica is touted worldwide to tourists and potential residents as a tropical paradise. But the dream is in danger. For a country that...

A Guide to Costa Rican Insurance Terms Every Expat Should Know

We have all heard of “legal speak” and “doctors’ jargon,” which nobody understands. The National Insurance Institute (INS) has invented its own “insurance speak”...

Guadalupe Urbina: Costa Rica’s Voice of Tradition and Transformation

Guadalupe Urbina is at home in many roles. Daughter of the proud traditions of Costa Rica’s northwestern Guanacaste province, she is folk singer and...

Home Birth Movement Grows in Costa Rica as Midwives Share Wisdom

The contractions woke Diana Betancourt at 1 a.m. Like so many women before her, she sat up in bed, suddenly, and knew it was...

Master The Spanish Subjunctive By Learning Its English Counterpart

“Let’s see,” you may say to yourself about three-quarters through the typical first-year Spanish course, “how many verb tenses have we studied? 1. Present...

Costa Rica’s Southern Zone: Getting There Is Part of the Fun

Distance and “adventurous” roads make the Southern Zone the most pristine area of Costa Rica, but travelers who get there vow it’s worth the...

Discovering the Treasures of Costa Rica’s Guayabo National Monument

Cut logs line gravel paths that lead visitors past ancient tomb sites made of rock slabs where various burial rituals were once performed. Archaeologists...

Bungee Jumping and Rocket Launcher Thrills in Costa Rica’s Arenal

It was a typical Wednesday morning in laid-back La Fortuna, most tourists’ base camp for visits to Arenal Volcano, in north-central Costa Rica. Teenagers...

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