National Geographic (Nat Geo) published on its social media the exact moment of the capture of the orange shark in Costa Rican Caribbean waters, which has amazed the world.
“A group of sport fishermen were casting their lines off the...
Nature has rights, as recognized on July 3, 2025, by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in its historic Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency. With this decision, one of the world's most important courts made it clear that...
In Costa Rica, each inhabitant generates an average of 0.73 kg of waste per day, a figure that varies depending on the region of the country and consumption patterns. Every day we consume more, therefore, we generate more waste,...
From greenhouse gases to sea level rise and the threshold of +1.5°C of warming, key climate indicators are headed “wrong.” This is confirmed by some sixty renowned researchers in a comprehensive annual study published.
Human-caused warming “has increased at a...
Costa Rica's Construction Code currently addresses risks such as earthquakes that could affect a project. But new challenges such as climate emergencies have opened the door to a debate to update construction requirements based on threats ranging from droughts...
The discovery of a false killer whale on Bandera Beach in Parrita marked an unusual event for Costa Rica. The specimen, a female approximately five meters long, stranded on August 14, allowing for the first necropsy of this species...
Corcovado National Park, on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, celebrates half a century of existence in 2025, consolidated as one of the most important natural sanctuaries on the planet. Despite covering only 424 km², it is home to...
The Central Valley in Costa Rica has dozens of faults, some of which can generate earthquakes with magnitudes of up to 6.5, according to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI).
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Cavities, high cholesterol, triglycerides (a type of fat found in the blood and adipose tissue of the body), and high blood glucose levels (the amount of glucose or sugar in the blood).
These diseases, very common in humans, have been...
For decades, science has raised warning signs about an increasingly evident phenomenon: the decline in male fertility worldwide. What initially seemed like a problem localized to certain regions is now emerging as a universal challenge that transcends borders and...
