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Hungry crocodile removed from Costa Rica home

Nothing like walking out on to your front porch in the morning and finding a crocodile staring back at you.

Peru was a crocodile paradise before the Amazon River went and ruined it

A new study found that seven species of crocodile inhabited the massive wetlands that once sat in the Amazon basin.

200-kilo crocodile snagged on the streets of Quepos

The town of Quepos near Manuel Antonio National Park had an unwelcome tourist over the weekend.

Police remove 660-pound crocodile from beach near Jacó

It wasn't only sunburnt tourists basking in the sunny Pacific beaches last weekend.

Caiman captured in San José park

A lake in a San José metropolitan park lost a predator Sunday, as officials finally captured one of the elusive caimans that had been roaming the park.

Crocodilian hide-and-seek: Caimans evade capture in San José park

It's been two solid hours and Carlos Gómez and Minor González of Costa Rica's National System of Conservation Areas haven't seen as much as a scale of the two caiman crocodiles they are supposed to catch.
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Panama’s Roux Vows to End Corruption in Campaign Close

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Dental tourism, because Medicare doesn’t cover for dental treatment

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Costa Rica Environmentalists Threatened For Trying To Protect Threatened Wetlands

Ricardo Muñoz, a member of the environmental group Nido de Halcón (Hawk’s Nest), revealed that he has faced threats for his advocacy in defense...