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Costa Rica Dog Kennel Hit by Meteorite Sells at Christie’s

Although you may not realize it, material from space is regularly falling from the sky. To such an extent that scientists estimate almost 50 tons a...

Costa Rica and carbon neutrality

The year 2021 has seen climate change and carbon neutrality issues rise to the forefront of global consciousness. From the wildfires of the western United...

Ancient footprints re-write humanity’s history in the Americas

The footprints were left in mud on the banks of a long-since dried up lake, which is now part of a New Mexico desert.

Synthetic biology makes ecologists dream … and tremble

The film Jurassic Park (1993) made human beings dream of the possibility of resurrecting species.

Some baby bats babble like human infants, scientists find in Costa Rica

The babbling of 20 baby bats was recorded in Costa Rica and Panama between 2015 and 2016

Bathing with vegetables: The Luffa gourd

With a few deft carvings with a knife, you can have an incredibly satisfying and exfoliating sponge for your shower.

Costa Rica hosting Math + X symposium with renowned researchers

Costa Rica will welcome some of the world's top scientific minds when it hosts Math + X, a symposium organized by Rice University.

Meteorite ‘of great scientific interest’ that landed in Costa Rica donated to Field Museum in Chicago

This is the first time that Costa Rican scientists have had the opportunity to observe and analyze a meteorite recovered in the country.

Costa Rica Turtle Study Provides New Insights into ‘Arribadas’

The findings suggest a "developmental difference between the eggs of arribada and non-arribada nesting females." 

Epic Games, UCreativa reach first-of-its kind partnership in Central America

Epic has been a leader in gaming and animation technologies for nearly 30 years. Their Unreal Engine powers popular games including Fortnite, Bioshock and Gears of War.

Mysterious rock that fell in Costa Rica is a meteorite ‘of great scientific interest,’ UCR says

This is the first time that Costa Rican scientists have had the opportunity to observe and analyze a meteorite recovered in the country.

Cancer-detecting AI created from Costa Rican image archive

The team built an algorithm from an archive of more than 60,000 cervical images collected from Costa Rica.

La Tica Polar: Costa Rican scientist pursues her Antarctic dreams

A Costa Rican marine scientist hits her stride as a leader.

Costa Rican scientists find new type of bacteria

Microbiologists found the bacteria on a tick in the Nicoya Peninsula, in the province of Guanacaste.
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Snoop Dogg’s Costa Rica Concert Is Canceled and Ticket Refunds Will Be Automatic

Snoop Dogg's December 3 concert in Costa Rica is canceled. Ticket refunds will be automatic, but a judicial employees' association's $2.32 million stake is unresolved.

Some Liberia Hospital Patients Have Waited Nearly a Week in a Chair for a Bed

Patients at Guanacaste's main public hospital in Liberia say they have spent up to six days sleeping in emergency-room chairs while waiting for a bed.

Snoop Dogg’s Costa Rica Promoter Says He Once Turned Down a Suitcase of Cash

Don Stockwell, the promoter of Snoop Dogg's now-canceled Costa Rica concert, told prosecutors he once rejected a suitcase full of cash and never suspected drug money.

Woman Sought After 74-Year-Old American Found Dead in Playas del Coco

Police in Guanacaste are seeking a woman seen leaving a Playas del Coco condominium where a 74-year-old American man was later found dead.