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Costa Rica Investigates Illegal Hunting of Endangered Wild Pigs

Tico Times - January 25, 2026

Endangered White-Lipped Peccaries Found Slaughtered Inside Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve

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Environmental Concerns Prompt Calls to Halt Ocean Cove Project in Manuel Antonio

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Costa Rica Highway to Close Temporarily for Wildlife Crossing Installations

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Costa Rica’s Mighty Baird’s Tapir is the Quiet Giant of the Forest

Vincent Losasso -

Today we discuss a creature that’s very close to my heart, the Baird’s tapir. It’s an enormous, elephant-nosed, whistling, puddle-pooper. What’s not to love?...

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FECOP Study Reveals Shifting Trends in Costa Rica’s Sport Fishing Resources

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Sailfish and companion-species fishing tourism represents a major source of income for Costa Rica, particularly for communities along the Pacific and Caribbean coasts. Despite...

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How AI Is Changing Wildlife Research in Costa Rica

Vincent Losasso -

My work, using camera traps in wildlife monitoring projects, involves two extremes. I’m either hiking up a never-ending hill, splashing through a stream, and...

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Costa Rica Leads Effort to Shield Sloths from Growing Illegal Trade

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Costa Rica, alongside Brazil and Panama, has secured new international safeguards for two species of two-toed sloths, as nations at the United Nations Convention...

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Mass Die-Off in Costa Rica’s Madre de Dios Lagoon Sparks Alarm

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A wave of dead fish, birds and reptiles has washed up along the canals and beaches linked to Madre de Dios Lagoon, signaling a...

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El Niño Causes Massive Coral Die-Off at Costa Rica’s Isla del Caño

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Scientists report that the 2023-2024 El Niño event delivered a severe blow to coral reefs around Isla del Caño, one of Costa Rica's key...

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Costa Rica Jaguar Caught on Camera Trap in Guanacaste Forest

Vincent Losasso -

The forest that I visit in person isn’t the same place my camera traps record. When I’m physically there it takes all of ten...

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Viral Video Shows Chimpanzee Smoking at Chinese Zoo

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A video showing a chimpanzee smoking a cigarette at a zoo in southern China has spread rapidly online, raising concerns about animal welfare and...

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Moderate Quake Off Puntarenas Coast Shakes Central Costa Rica

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A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit off Costa Rica's Pacific coast on Saturday afternoon, according to Oviscori. The tremor occurred at 12:41 p.m. local time, centered...

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