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Explore Costa Rica’s Horizontes on a Guided Wildlife Tour

I got to know Horizontes, more specifically Estación Experimental Forestal Horizontes, by accident. I had a contract to place camera traps on a few...

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

In an exciting scientific breakthrough, a team of researchers from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) recorded the presence of the Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna...

Costa Rica Leads Latin America’s Green Energy Revolution

In a groundbreaking achievement, Costa Rica has cemented its position as Latin America's renewable energy champion, with an astounding 98% of its electricity generated...

Costa Rica’s Birdlife: Discover the Elusive Night Herons

Costa Rica is home to a variety of herons, egrets, and bitterns. In general, they are birds with long legs and sharp beaks that...

Costa Rica’s Coral Reefs Revived by Samara Project

A community-driven initiative in Playa Samara, Guanacaste, is making waves in marine conservation. The Coral Project Association, in collaboration with public and private organizations,...

Marine Conservation in Costa Rica Led by Cocos Island

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

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...
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