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Fishing tourism as a pillar of the blue economy: Michael Jordan’s Costa Rican experience

Michael Jordan’s second visit to Costa Rica for recreational fishing in 2025 underscores the growing significance of this activity not only as a leisure...

Costa Rica Wildlife Reveals Mysterious Striped Hog-Nosed Skunk

Today we meet the striped hog-nosed skunk, a little-known species that inhabits forests throughout Costa Rica. The striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) is known...

Costa Rica’s Wildlife Refuge at Risk: International Conservation Standards Violated

Ariel Robles, deputy of the Frente Amplio, denounced the Costa Rican State before the Ramsar Convention for alleged illegal actions committed in the Gandoca-Manzanillo...

Costa Rica Wildlife Guide Confesses Pauraque Pet Peeves

Sometimes while working with children in environmental education programming, I’ll have a student comment that one animal or another is bad. I always tell...

Groundbreaking Marine Study Tracks Secret Lives of Costa Rican Snappers

A groundbreaking study by the Center for Marine Science and Limnology Research (CIMAR) at the University of Costa Rica and the University of Windsor...

Wildlife Secrets Revealed From a Single Tree Branch in Costa Rica

This morning, as I sat in my sweaty little office being slow-roasted by an incorrectly vented clothes dryer, my task, as it often is,...
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Migrants Trapped in Limbo at Costa Rica-Panama Border

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding at the Costa Rica-Panama border as migrants, many of whom sold everything to journey north, find themselves stranded due...

Guatemala Bus Tragedy Claims 52 Lives in Devastating Ravine Plunge

At least 52 people died on Monday when a bus carrying more than 70 passengers plunged into a ravine at the northern entrance to...

Costa Rica’s Tourism Sector Faces Challenges Amid Stronger Colón

The National Chamber of Tourism (CANATUR) has expressed growing concerns about the challenges facing Costa Rica’s tourism sector, with the strengthening of the colón...