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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...

Costa Rica Prepares for Severe El Niño as Water, Power and Tourism Face Pressure

Costa Rica is preparing for a difficult El Niño cycle that could put pressure on water supplies, electricity costs and tourism services in some...

Costa Rica’s Borinquen Geothermal Plant Advances With Major Contract

Costa Rica’s state electricity company has moved Borinquen I one step closer to completion, awarding a contract worth nearly $100 million for the main...

Costa Rica Says Ocean Conservation Must Benefit Fishing Communities

Costa Rica used a major international environmental finance meeting in Uzbekistan to present a marine conservation message built around coastal communities, fishing families and...

Costa Rica Rolls Out Plan as El Niño Officially Arrives

El Niño is no longer a forecast for Costa Rica. It's here. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed Thursday that the...

Costa Rica’s Crucitas Gold Crisis Deepens as Illegal Mining Spreads

Costa Rica is facing one of its most difficult environmental and security tests in years as illegal gold mining spreads through Crucitas, a remote...

Costa Rica Camera Traps Capture Wild Fish Hunt in Guanacaste

I’ve been interested in wildlife my entire life. If younger me knew what I was up to these days, playing with camera traps in...

Guanacaste Faces One of Its Worst Droughts as Rain Hits Much of Costa Rica

Guanacaste is facing one of its worst drought situations in years, even as much of Costa Rica deals with heavy rain, saturated soils and...
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Birdwatching Becomes Major Growth Area for Costa Rica Tourism

Birdwatching is becoming one of Costa Rica’s most valuable tourism niches, as travelers seek trips built around wildlife, local guides and rural destinations rather...

Latin American Tennis Players Test Grass-Court Form Before Wimbledon

Latin America’s grass-court week at Queen’s has become a useful Wimbledon check for three players arriving with very different stories: Argentina’s Francisco Cerúndolo, Peru’s...

Uruguay Salvages Draw as World Cup Produces a Day of Surprises

Uruguay opened its World Cup campaign with a frustrating 1-1 draw against Saudi Arabia on Monday, a result that left Group H wide open...

Veranillo de San Juan to Bring Costa Rica a Break From Heavy Rain

Costa Rica could see several days of better weather as the Veranillo de San Juan, our country’s traditional late-June dry spell, begins to influence...