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Costa Rica Wildlife Cameras Capture Rare Swamp Eel Encounters

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

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

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...

Costa Rica Sportfishing Industry Presents Roadmap for Coastal Communities

Costa Rica’s sport and tourist fishing industry has presented a new strategic roadmap aimed at strengthening coastal economies, improving coordination with public institutions and...

Costa Rica Ends Papagayo Building-Rights Transfer Rule

Costa Rica as thrown out a contested building rule at the center of a court fight over development in the Gulf of Papagayo. The...

Costa Rica Researchers Study Rare Meat-Eating Vulture Bees

In the forests of Sarapiquí, Costa Rica, some bees are drawn to something far different from flowers. They visit decaying animal remains, feed on...

When billfish returned to the conversation

There are stories that unfold quietly. They don't make sensational headlines or end with delegates storming out of the room in protest. They are quieter...

Costa Rica Wildlife Cameras Reveal Ocelot Naps and Crocodile Log Crossings

Where do I put my next camera trap? If you see me out somewhere and I have a kind of faraway look in my...

Costa Rica Says Ostional Turtle Nesting Not Seriously Harmed by Strong Swells

Videos showing hundreds of turtle eggs scattered across the sand at Ostional National Wildlife Refuge raised concern this week, after strong Pacific swells eroded...

Costa Rica Rolls Out National Strategy to Stop Wildlife Electrocutions

Costa Rica is moving to give national force to a strategy aimed at reducing one of its most persistent threats to wildlife: electrocution on...
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Costa Rica Wildlife Cameras Capture Rare Swamp Eel Encounters

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...

On Father’s Day Costa Rica Quietly Rethinks What It Means to Be a Dad

Costa Rica celebrates Father's Day today and anyone who spent August here will notice the difference immediately: the third Sunday of June arrives with...

Costa Rica’s Strongest El Niño Impacts Expected Between October and March

Costa Rica could face its most significant El Niño-related weather impacts between this October and next March according to projections from the National Meteorological...

Rural Cuba Still Struggles After Last Year’s Hurricane as U.S. Aid Arrives

On a modified bicycle that serves as a wheelchair, Teodardo Debardet returns home after receiving a humanitarian aid package sent by the United States...