Bat expert Richard LaVal has been researching bats, including the consequences of climate change in Monteverde for nearly 40 years. At 77, he isn't interested in slowing down but instead has turned his attention to educating Costa Ricans as well as visitors from abroad.
If you hear the phrase “Environmental Fair,” and you picture a few bearded guys singing “Kumbaya” around a newly planted tree, rest assured that 10th annual Feria Ambiental is nothing like that.
Ocean conservationist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson started a social media campaign Monday asking followers to write to Costa Rica's new president, Luis Guillermo Solís, and urge that an extradition request be dropped.
A comprehensive Tico Times analysis of the environmental successes and failures by the outgoing National Liberation Party administration of Laura Chinchilla. The first part in a two part series about the future of the environment in Costa Rica.
