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Costa Rica Activists Rally Against Bahía Papagayo Plan to Cut 700 Trees

Opposition to the Bahía Papagayo development in Playa Panamá is intensifying after SINAC authorized tree cutting in the project area. The citizen group Salvemos...

Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano Records Unusual Crater Collapse and Lake Surge

An unusual eruption inside Poás Volcano on April 10 sent ash into the air, pushed the crater lake up by as much as three...

How Plastic Pollution Is Hurting Costa Rica’s Economy

Costa Rica's plastic pollution is not only an environmental issue; it is a quietly mounting economic one. The country markets itself on natural beauty,...

Costa Rica Wildlife Groups Push Back Against Proposed New Regulation

A Costa Rican environmental organization is calling for a halt to the government’s proposed new wildlife regulation, arguing that the draft weakens protections, lacks...

Costa Rica Unveils Costa Rica Azul for Ocean Conservation and Learning

Costa Rica has launched Costa Rica Azul, a free digital platform aimed at bringing our country’s marine ecosystems closer to students, teachers, and the...

Costa Rica Faces Growing Outrage Over Illegal Logging in Sarapiquí

In the community of La Guaria de Sarapiquí, in the lowland rainforest corridor of northern Heredia province, primary forest is disappearing at an alarming...

Costa Rica Fuel Spill in Limón Reaches Rivers and Caribbean Coast

A diesel spill caused by an illegal tap on a RECOPE pipeline in Limón spread through local waterways between Thursday night and Friday morning,...

Costa Rica’s Crucitas Crisis Exposes the Rise of Illegal Gold Mining

Deep in northern Costa Rica, near the Nicaraguan border, a slow-motion environmental catastrophe is unfolding with the speed and impunity of a gold rush....

Costa Rica Battles Wildfire in Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve

Costa Rica environmental officials are battling a wildfire that has now spread into the Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve in Guanacaste after first burning on...

The Cologne Scent Scientists Use to Photograph Jaguars in Costa Rica

Civetone is a powerful macrocyclic ketone and the primary odoriferous constituent of natural civet. Known for its warm, intensely animalic, and powdery-musky scent, it...
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El Salvador Festival of Flowers and Palms

In the hills just south of San Salvador, the small colonial town of Panchimalco is preparing once again for one of the most visually...

An Expats Perspective on Living with Earthquakes in Costa Rica

A friend who lives in New York City was all over social media in the wake of the 4.8 earthquake that hit the east...

Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Rattles Costa Rica’s Central Valley

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook Costa Rica late Monday night, rattling homes and buildings across the Central Valley and parts of the Pacific region....

Drug Trafficking Threatens Costa Rica’s Protected Areas in Puerto Jiménez

Drug trafficking is taking a growing toll on ecosystems in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific region, where environmental authorities warn that criminal groups are moving...