A coalition of environmental organizations has launched a nationwide campaign to protect Costa Rica’s coral reefs as a powerful El Niño threatens to push...
Costa Rica could soon face formal international scrutiny over the way it authorizes exports of silky shark products, a species protected under the Convention...
An animal welfare bill now before the Legislative Assembly would require veterinary supervision for anyone who breeds animals commercially, impose new operating standards on...
An environmental lawyer has asked a Costa Rican court to immediately suspend exports of three thresher shark species, arguing that stronger international protections became...
Scientists have identified a new frog species in the mountain streams of Costa Rica’s Los Santos region, a discovery that links biodiversity with one...
The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve has been added to the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas, becoming the first protected area...
A strong earthquake shook Costa Rica shortly after midday Tuesday, with reports of movement across the Central Pacific, the Central Valley and parts of...
White-lipped peccaries have returned to Piedras Blancas National Park after years without confirmed records of the species, marking an important wildlife restoration effort in...
Costa Rica's week-long flood emergency in the Caribbean and Northern Zone has begun to wind down, with the Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) reporting...
Costa Rica's national railway institute is pushing to link the country's trains, buses, and taxis into a single coordinated network, a plan its backers...
A newly surfaced internal audit at the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) has intensified scrutiny of Costa Rica's public healthcare system, and it...
