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Costa Rica joins Regional Effort to Safeguard Ocean Resources

Tico Times - August 30, 2025

Costa Rica’s Spectral Bats Caught on Camera Hugging and Sharing Meals

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Costa Rica’s Crucitas Faces Environmental Disaster from Illegal Gold Mining

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In Costa Rica, Rare White-Lipped Peccaries Still Survive

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Costa Rica Court Sanctions Road Official Over Delayed Wildlife Crossings

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Costa Rica’s wildlife faces perils, as authorities have continously failed to build wildlife crossings. Nonetheless, the Constitutional Court has taken a firm stance in...

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A Closer Look at the Elusive Purple Gallinule in Costa Rica

Vincent Losasso -

Quick! Think of a purple bird! It’s a little difficult, right? I searched my brain and came up with a purple martin. A small...

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Meet the Bats of Costa Rica from Tent Makers to Fish Hunters

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Costa Rica is home to around 220 species of non-marine mammals. Roughly half of those species, 117 is the current number, are the type...

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Algal Bloom Detected in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya

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A noticeable change in watercolor has been reported across several zones of the Gulf of Nicoya and coastal areas adjacent to the Nicoya Peninsula....

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Costa Rica Overturns Management Plan for Gandoca-Manzanillo Refuge

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Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the General Management Plan for the Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge is unconstitutional. The decision annuls both the...

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Costa Rica Police Uncover Second Cyanide-Laced Mining Operation in Crucitas

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The environmental crisis in Crucitas persists. Police discovered and dismantled an artisanal mining material processing plant in a wooded area of Tatú Hill in Crucitas,...

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Good Timing Leads to Rare Snake Encounter in Costa Rica

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When it comes to viewing wildlife in person, timing is everything. There’s a great big world out there and the chances of you being...

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Costa Rica Loses Ocean Award Amid Shark Conservation Controversy

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Following recent statements by Costa Rica’s Minister of Environment, Franz Tattenbach, international organizations Fins Attached in association with the Rob Stewart Sharkwater Foundation, have...

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