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Costa Rica Wildlife Cameras Reveal Ocelot Naps and Crocodile Log Crossings

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Where do I put my next camera trap? If you see me out somewhere and I have a kind of faraway look in my...
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Costa Rica Says Ostional Turtle Nesting Not Seriously Harmed by Strong Swells

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Videos showing hundreds of turtle eggs scattered across the sand at Ostional National Wildlife Refuge raised concern this week, after strong Pacific swells eroded...
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Costa Rica Rolls Out National Strategy to Stop Wildlife Electrocutions

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

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Costa Rica is preparing for a difficult El Niño cycle that could put pressure on water supplies, electricity costs and tourism services in some...
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Costa Rica’s Borinquen Geothermal Plant Advances With Major Contract

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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...
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Costa Rica Says Ocean Conservation Must Benefit Fishing Communities

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Costa Rica used a major international environmental finance meeting in Uzbekistan to present a marine conservation message built around coastal communities, fishing families and...
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Costa Rica Rolls Out Plan as El Niño Officially Arrives

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

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Costa Rica is facing one of its most difficult environmental and security tests in years as illegal gold mining spreads through Crucitas, a remote...
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Costa Rica Camera Traps Capture Wild Fish Hunt in Guanacaste

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

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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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Surviving Costa Rican Fisherman Says Two Crewmates Died at Sea

Just hours after Costa Rica celebrated the rescue of a second fisherman who survived nearly a week adrift in the Pacific Ocean, new details...
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Amad Diallo hit a 90th-minute winner to give Ivory Coast a dramatic 1-0 victory over Ecuador, the standout moment on a high-scoring fourth day...
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Costa Rica Weather This Week: A Wet Start, Then a Drier, Hotter Pattern

Costa Rica's week opens wet, with Tropical Wave No. 11 crossing the country today, before forecasters expect a drier, warmer pattern to settle over...
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Second Miracle in Guanacaste: Another Fisherman Found Alive After Six Days at Sea

Costa Rica woke up this Sunday to extraordinary news from the Pacific coast. Abraham Ríos, a 28-year-old fisherman who had been missing since the...
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