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Police Halt Illegal Wetland Filling in Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast

Tico Times - February 12, 2025

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Explore Costa Rica’s Horizontes on a Guided Wildlife Tour

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Rare Flesh-Footed Shearwater Found for the First Time in Costa Rica

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Costa Rica Leads Latin America’s Green Energy Revolution

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Marine Conservation in Costa Rica Led by Cocos Island

Tico Times -

In just one year of operation, the Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance Center of the Cocos Marine Conservation Area (ACMC) has become the most advanced...

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

Guest Author -

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...

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Costa Rica Wildlife Reveals Mysterious Striped Hog-Nosed Skunk

Vincent Losasso -

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...

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

Ileana Fernandez -

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...

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Costa Rica Wildlife Guide Confesses Pauraque Pet Peeves

Vincent Losasso -

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...

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Groundbreaking Marine Study Tracks Secret Lives of Costa Rican Snappers

Tico Times -

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