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Flesh Eating Fly That Spread Through Costa Rica Has Reached Texas

For decades, a small facility in Panama stood between the United States cattle industry and one of the most destructive parasites in the Western...

Costa Rica to Hold Sixth National Ocean Cleanup This Saturday

Costa Rica will hold its sixth National Ocean Cleanup this Saturday, June 6, bringing volunteers together at dozens of beaches, rivers and community sites...

Costa Rica’s Beach Access Fight Ends in Police Confrontation

Garabito’s long-running fight with Punta Leona over public access to Playa Blanca turned into a physical confrontation Thursday, when municipal crews removed an access...

Costa Rica Expands Coral Gardening to Help Restore Pacific Reefs

Costa Rica is expanding the use of coral gardening as part of a growing effort to restore damaged marine ecosystems along the country’s coast.The...

Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook the southern zone of Costa Rica last night rattling communities in Puntarenas area but leaving no reported injuries or...

Costa Rica Camera Traps Capture Rare Predator Hunts and Pregnant Jaguars

Sometimes I record something interesting and I think ‘I should share this with the good people who read the Tico Times,’ but whatever it...

Hurricane Season Starts as Costa Rica Watches Both Coasts

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season began Monday, June 1, and while the forecast is calmer than in many recent years, Costa Rica still has...

Wildfire Scorches 20% of Costa Rica’s Palo Verde National Park

A wildfire sparked by a lightning strike has burned roughly 4,000 hectares — about 40 square kilometers, or 20% of Palo Verde National Park...

Warm Pacific Waters Raise Erosion and Flooding Concerns in Costa Rica

Oceanographers in Costa Rica are warning that unusually warm Pacific waters could add pressure to already fragile coastal areas, increasing the risk of erosion,...

Costa Rica Pacific Expedition to Study Sharks, Mantas and Sea Turtles

The For the Oceans Foundation, working under the framework of the One Ocean Worldwide Coalition, announced the launch of Operation Peace for the Pacific,...
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Costa Rica’s Forgotten WWII Role Echoes on D-Day’s 82nd Anniversary

Eighty-two years ago today, roughly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, launching Operation Overlord to liberate German-occupied Western Europe — the single day...

Flesh Eating Fly That Spread Through Costa Rica Has Reached Texas

For decades, a small facility in Panama stood between the United States cattle industry and one of the most destructive parasites in the Western...

Mariale Acosta Crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026

Mariale Acosta was crowned Miss Universe Costa Rica 2026 on Friday night at the Costa Rica Convention Center, completing a comeback that had made...

Costa Rica Braces for a Wet Weekend as Forecasters Watch a Possible Tropical System

Costa Rica is heading into a rainy, unstable weekend, with the National Meteorological Institute (IMN) warning Saturday that a low-pressure system sitting over Pacific...