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Costa Rica Seizes Capybaras in Historic Wildlife Trafficking

Tico Times - May 23, 2025

Costa Rica’s Massive Fish Kills Also Kills Tourism

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Critics Warn New Water Law in Costa Rica Threatens Biodiversity & Aquifers

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Costa Rica’s Bee Lab Saves Bees, Boosts Coffee Yields

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Costa Rica Urged to Overhaul Fishing Sector for Sustainable Future

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Costa Rica’s fishing sector, vital to its economy and food security, faces mounting challenges from overexploitation, inadequate data, and weak governance, according to a...

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University of Costa Rica Pioneers Wastewater Reuse for Sustainability

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The University of Costa Rica (UCR) has launched an innovative research project to transform wastewater into valuable resources, including water for irrigation, agricultural fertilizer,...

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Costa Rica Housing Project Under Fire for Environmental Impact

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An environmental activist has filed an appeal against a $925 million housing project in Costa Rica, citing concerns over its impact on local ecosystems...

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Costa Rica’s Corcovado Park Fights Plastic Pollution with Volunteer Effort

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In the Osa Peninsula, home to 2.5% of the world's biodiversity and declared by National Geographic as “the most intense place on the planet,”...

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Costa Rica’s Elusive River Otter: Behavior, Scat Clues, and Rare Video Evidence

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Today we meet the most aquatic member of Costa Rica’s weasel family, the neotropical river otter. The neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis) is known...

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Why Costa Rica is Banning Fishing in the Gulf of Nicoya for May–July

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A fishing ban in the Gulf of Nicoya, effective since May 1st and lasting until July 3rd, protects shrimp, corvina, snapper, and white mullet...

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Costa Rica’s May Beetles Vanish, Signaling Ecological Crisis

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In Costa Rica, the iconic “May beetles” (abejones de mayo), known scientifically as the Phyllophaga genus, are vanishing at an alarming rate. These beetles,...

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Costa Rica Orders Halt to Illegal Building in Protected Forest

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The Osa Environmental Prosecutor’s Office has received a court order to stop a residential construction project in the Paso la Danta Biological Corridor in...