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Costa Rica Film Highlights Osa Community Protecting Pumas and Tapirs

A new documentary is drawing attention to a rare conservation story on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, where a rural community near Corcovado National Park...

Costa Rica Sloth Groups Expose Florida Animal Death Scandal

It was marketed as a place where sloths would live their “slowest, happiest lives.” In reality, Sloth World Orlando became something closer to a...

Guanacaste Forest Fires Break Costa Rica’s 2024 Record

Guanacaste is facing one of the most severe forest fire seasons Costa Rica has ever recorded, with the province alone now reporting more fires...

Coral Conservation Effort Begins on Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast

Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast is moving into the center of a new community-led coral conservation effort, with a workshop aimed at training local...

Costa Rica’s New Environment Minister Draws Mixed Reaction

Costa Rica’s new Minister of Environment and Energy, Mónica Navarro del Valle, is taking office with a familiar challenge: defending the country’s green reputation...

Costa Rica Court Orders Urgent Action to Protect Tempisque River

Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court has ordered several state agencies and local governments to act together to address the degradation of the Tempisque River, after...

Costa Rica Environmental Groups Host Concert to Protect Sharks

A coalition of environmental organizations will hold a concert Friday night in San José to call attention to the decline of shark populations in...

Earthquake Near Manuel Antonio Felt Across Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck off Costa Rica's central Pacific coast on Tuesday afternoon, with an epicenter just offshore from one of the country's...

Costa Rica Researchers Convert Waste Into Food

Costa Rican researchers are turning to fungi as a possible answer to one of our country’s most urgent environmental problems: what to do with...

Habitat Loss Threatens Costa Rica’s Native Monkey Species

Costa Rica’s native monkeys are facing growing pressure as forest loss, coastal development, and habitat fragmentation push several species toward local extinction. Three of...

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Keylor Navas’ Heroics Not Enough as Pumas Lose Dramatic Liga MX Final

Keylor Navas came within minutes of another major title Sunday night, but Pumas UNAM saw the Liga MX Clausura final slip away in stoppage...

New Species Found Buried in the Sand at Costa Rica’s Playa Naranjo

A newly identified marine worm species with coloring similar to a jaguar’s coat has been found on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, adding another species...

Fonseca Shines, Etcheverry Falls as Latin Americans Split French Open Opener

The second Grand Slam of the tennis season opened Sunday at Stade Roland-Garros with a mixed scorecard for the Latin American contingent, as 19-year-old...

El Salvador Lagoon Turns Turquoise, Drawing Crowds

One of El Salvador's most popular volcanic lakes has taken on a striking new look, and travelers are taking notice. The Laguna de Apastepeque,...