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New heat-resistant beans could save Latin American cuisine from climate change

To create strains of heat-resistant beans, scientists crossed the protein-rich common bean — a food staple in Latin America and Africa — with the drought and heat-resistant tepary bean.
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Costa Rica Camera Traps Capture Rare Predator Hunts and Pregnant Jaguars

Sometimes I record something interesting and I think ‘I should share this with the good people who read the Tico Times,’ but whatever it...

Costa Rica Grants US Extradition of ‘Macho Coca’ With Safeguards

An appeals court in San José has ordered the deferred extradition to the United States of Gilbert Hernán Bell Fernández, the Costa Rican businessman...

Costa Rica Investigates Police Officers After Alleged Robbery in Santa Cruz

Four Fuerza Pública officers were detained in Guanacaste as part of an investigation into an alleged illegal raid and robbery at a home in...

Hurricane Season Starts as Costa Rica Watches Both Coasts

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season began Monday, June 1, and while the forecast is calmer than in many recent years, Costa Rica still has...