Official records show the site of the proposed Quantum AI Free Zone Campus in Limón holds three registered wetlands, forest cover, flood-prone land and part of an aquifer reserve.
A magnitude 5.1 quake struck near Golfito on Friday night, the strongest of four events above magnitude 4 recorded in Costa Rica's Southern Zone in roughly 32 hours.
A study built on specimens collected in Costa Rican waters has documented something never before recorded in the scientific literature — crabs living on...
Some important decisions arrive with headlines, prohibitions, and grand speeches. Others seem much more modest. Last week in Lisbon, we saw one of the...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook the southern Pacific region of Costa Rica early this morning, surprising residents there and in parts of the Central...
Costa Rica’s Rincón de la Vieja volcano erupted yesterday sending a plume approximately 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) above its crater and bringing the number...
The University of Costa Rica has recommended that lawmakers reject a bill easing construction inside national parks, warning its wording reaches far beyond Route 32.
Monteverde remains one of Costa Rica’s wettest places, receiving more than 2,500 millimeters (98 inches) of rain a year. Yet scientists are finding signs...
Ocean temperatures along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast are running unusually high, with researchers recording water up to 2°C (3.6°F) warmer than normal in some...
