7+ hour, 43+ min ago  (250+ words) I probably shouldn’t have done this. That’s what I was thinking as I lay, flat on my back, in the middle of a trail drenched in sweat getting crawled on by ants and bitten by mosquitoes trying to catch my…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (637+ words) Costa Rica Animal Welfare Bill Would Reshape Rules for Breeders and Festivals The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rica Animal Welfare Bill Would Reshape Rules for Breeders and Festivals An animal welfare bill now before the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (383+ words) The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Dead Sperm Whale Removed From Natural Pool Near Cahuita A sperm whale measuring between eight and nine meters (26 to 30 feet) was found dead in a natural pool near Cahuita, on Costa…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (571+ words) Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest Joins the IUCN Green List The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest Joins the IUCN Green List The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve has been added to the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (322+ words) A major new study built on more than three decades of fieldwork in Costa Rica’s Guanacaste Conservation Area suggests Earth may be home to far more insect species than scientists have long believed. The research, published in Proceedings of the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (494+ words) Costa Rica Study Finds Rare Red Spiny Lobster Population Hidden for 40 Years The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rica Study Finds Rare Red Spiny Lobster Population Hidden for 40 Years Divers and fishermen have long called spiny…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (564+ words) Costa Rica’s environmental prosecutors are warning that wildlife trafficking is no longer just a scattered problem of people capturing animals for pets or private collections. Authorities now say some trafficking networks are beginning to operate more like organized crime groups,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (314+ words) A new report from The Nation has put international attention on a remote corner of eastern Honduras, where Indigenous Miskito guardians are protecting the scarlet macaw while facing pressure from poachers, illegal ranching, forest fires and drug-trafficking routes. The story…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (389+ words) Costa Rican animal health officials confirmed a new case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 in a wild marine bird found in Manuel Antonio, one of the country’s most visited beach and wildlife destinations. The National Animal Health Service, (Senasa), said…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (482+ words) One of the Nicoya Peninsula’s best-known wildlife destinations is facing renewed pressure from illegal hunters, after camera traps placed inside or near Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Curú captured evidence of poaching activity in the protected area. Curú, located in…...