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Beyond Brick Boxes: My Kids’ Costa Rican Education

A little over a decade ago, my wife and I were driving on a terrible dirt road in the mountains behind Playa Potrero in...

Costa Rica Christmas and New Year’s Expressions

A visit to Costa during the Christmas holidays can you tell you a lot about Costa Rican culture and people.

Search Efforts Continue for Missing Men in Costa Rica’s Tarcoles River

The ongoing search for an uncle and nephew reported missing while kayaking on the Tarcoles River, in Escobal de Atenas, Alajuela, has taken a...

Microclimates Make Costa Rica A Miniature Natural Marvel

I was talking with a tourist from Colombia. He said that Costa Rica was beautiful and wild and contained astounding naturaleza, but that Colombia...

Costa Rica Wildlife – Meet the Central American Lyre Snake

Which medium-sized to large snake has a slightly compressed body, large eyes with vertically elliptical pupils, and loves to show up in my backyard?...

Camera Trap Notebook – Lost in the Costa Rica Jungle

There are a few things that are in the front of my mind when I hop out of the truck and start walking into...
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Costa Rica Birding: Meet the Blue Grosbeak

Today we meet the blue grosbeak. This little songbird is a sometimes resident, sometimes migrant whose coloration has direct effects on its ability to...

Panama Canal Increases Ship Transits Amid Persistent Water Shortage

The Panama Canal increased its daily number of ship transits this Thursday, although the water deficit that led to the restriction of crossings and...

Costa Rican Business Sector Protests Exchange Rate Policies

The business sector took to the streets of San José in protest against the exchange rate and the abrupt appreciation of the colon, following...