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Documentary Highlights Costa Rica’s Howler Monkey Crisis

There is a sound that defines the Costa Rican jungle before dawn: a deep, resonant roar that can carry for five kilometers through the...

Costa Rica’s Capital Turns to 3,000 Trees to Cool San José

San José is moving to confront one of the capital’s most visible climate problems: heat trapped by concrete, asphalt and traffic. The Municipality of...

New Seismic Station on Isla del Coco Improves Costa Rica Earthquake Monitoring

Costa Rica has added Isla del Coco to its national seismic monitoring network for the first time, giving scientists a new permanent observation point...

18 Million Dead Bees and a Warning Costa Rica Cannot Afford to Ignore

Costa Rica’s beekeeping sector is raising alarm after APIPAC, the Association of Beekeepers United of the Central Pacific, estimated that pesticide exposure has killed...

Flesh Eating Fly That Spread Through Costa Rica Has Reached Texas

For decades, a small facility in Panama stood between the United States cattle industry and one of the most destructive parasites in the Western...

Costa Rica to Hold Sixth National Ocean Cleanup This Saturday

Costa Rica will hold its sixth National Ocean Cleanup this Saturday, June 6, bringing volunteers together at dozens of beaches, rivers and community sites...

Costa Rica’s Beach Access Fight Ends in Police Confrontation

Garabito’s long-running fight with Punta Leona over public access to Playa Blanca turned into a physical confrontation Thursday, when municipal crews removed an access...

Costa Rica Expands Coral Gardening to Help Restore Pacific Reefs

Costa Rica is expanding the use of coral gardening as part of a growing effort to restore damaged marine ecosystems along the country’s coast.The...

Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook the southern zone of Costa Rica last night rattling communities in Puntarenas area but leaving no reported injuries or...

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...
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Documentary Highlights Costa Rica’s Howler Monkey Crisis

There is a sound that defines the Costa Rican jungle before dawn: a deep, resonant roar that can carry for five kilometers through the...

Costa Rica’s Capital Turns to 3,000 Trees to Cool San José

San José is moving to confront one of the capital’s most visible climate problems: heat trapped by concrete, asphalt and traffic. The Municipality of...

Costa Rica Documentary Following Five Cancer Survivors Heads to Amazon Prime Video

Costa Rica will reach Amazon Prime Video later this year through "Latidos en la Lluvia," a documentary film that follows five Spanish women who...

Costa Rica Moves to Protect Jobs at Golfito Free Trade Zone

Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly approved a reform this week that gives commercial operators inside the Depósito Libre Comercial de Golfito something they have sought...