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New Species Found Buried in the Sand at Costa Rica’s Playa Naranjo

Tico Times - May 25, 2026

Costa Rica Tornado Tears Roofs Off Homes in Grecia; Three Rescued, Red Cross Says

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Costa Rica Court Keeps Papagayo Hotel Development Restrictions in Place

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Costa Rica Risks Losing Earthquake and Volcano Monitoring Network

Costa Rica Film Highlights Osa Community Protecting Pumas and Tapirs

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A new documentary is drawing attention to a rare conservation story on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, where a rural community near Corcovado National Park...

Costa Rica Sloth Groups Expose Florida Animal Death Scandal

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It was marketed as a place where sloths would live their “slowest, happiest lives.” In reality, Sloth World Orlando became something closer to a...

Guanacaste Forest Fires Break Costa Rica’s 2024 Record

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Guanacaste is facing one of the most severe forest fire seasons Costa Rica has ever recorded, with the province alone now reporting more fires...

Coral Conservation Effort Begins on Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast

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Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast is moving into the center of a new community-led coral conservation effort, with a workshop aimed at training local...

Costa Rica’s New Environment Minister Draws Mixed Reaction

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Costa Rica’s new Minister of Environment and Energy, Mónica Navarro del Valle, is taking office with a familiar challenge: defending the country’s green reputation...

Costa Rica Court Orders Urgent Action to Protect Tempisque River

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Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court has ordered several state agencies and local governments to act together to address the degradation of the Tempisque River, after...

Costa Rica Environmental Groups Host Concert to Protect Sharks

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A coalition of environmental organizations will hold a concert Friday night in San José to call attention to the decline of shark populations in...

Earthquake Near Manuel Antonio Felt Across Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast

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A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck off Costa Rica's central Pacific coast on Tuesday afternoon, with an epicenter just offshore from one of the country's...

Costa Rica Researchers Convert Waste Into Food

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Costa Rican researchers are turning to fungi as a possible answer to one of our country’s most urgent environmental problems: what to do with...

Habitat Loss Threatens Costa Rica’s Native Monkey Species

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Costa Rica’s native monkeys are facing growing pressure as forest loss, coastal development, and habitat fragmentation push several species toward local extinction. Three of...