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Costa Rica Study Suggests Earth Has Far More Insect Species Than Scientists Thought

Tico Times - July 1, 2026

Costa Rica’s Water Crisis Deepens as AyA Loses Half Its Supply

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica Geologists Call for National Plan as Illegal Gold Mining Spreads

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica Study Finds Rare Red Spiny Lobster Population Hidden for 40 Years

Costa Rica Study Suggests Earth Has Far More Insect Species Than Scientists Thought

Tico Times - July 1, 2026

A major new study built on more than three decades of fieldwork in Costa Rica’s Guanacaste Conservation Area suggests Earth may be home to...

Costa Rica’s Water Crisis Deepens as AyA Loses Half Its Supply

Tico Times - July 1, 2026

Costa Rica’s national water utility is under renewed scrutiny after officials warned that more than half of the water produced by the Instituto Costarricense...

Costa Rica Geologists Call for National Plan as Illegal Gold Mining Spreads

Tico Times - June 30, 2026

Costa Rica’s illegal gold mining problem is no longer confined to the long-running Crucitas debate, the Colegio de Geólogos de Costa Rica warned, calling...

Costa Rica Study Finds Rare Red Spiny Lobster Population Hidden for 40 Years

Tico Times - June 30, 2026

Divers and fishermen have long called spiny lobsters "bugs," a nod to their long antennae and armored, insect like build. For more than four...

Costa Rica Warns Environmental Crimes Are Linked to Organized Networks

The Tico Times - June 23, 2026

Costa Rican prosecutors are warning that environmental crimes such as wildlife trafficking, illegal mining, illegal logging and the unlawful trade in natural resources are...

Scientists Discover New Deep-Sea Ghost Shark Species Off Costa Rica

Tico Times - June 23, 2026

A team of Costa Rican and Brazilian scientists has identified a new species of deep-sea fish living in the Pacific waters off Costa Rica,...

Costa Rica Adds New Tree Species to Its Biodiversity Record

The Tico Times - June 22, 2026

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new tree species in northern Costa Rica, a rare botanical find known so far from only a...

Costa Rica Wildlife Cameras Capture Rare Swamp Eel Encounters

Vincent Losasso - June 21, 2026

I should have a near zero percent chance of recording freshwater eels with my camera traps. Not only are they found underwater, but they’re...

Enormous Papagayo Resort Collides With Costa Rica’s Forest Law

Guest Author - June 20, 2026

On a stretch of Pacific coastline inside the Golfo de Papagayo tourism zone, an ongoing standoff between developers and environmental advocates reached a new...

Costa Rica President Floats Referendum on Crucitas Gold Mining

Tico Times - June 18, 2026

President Laura Fernández said the government could take the Crucitas mining issue to a national referendum if a bill to allow regulated open-pit gold...