There Has Been An Increased Presence of Crocodiles in the Pacific Due to Mating Season.
Choosing a spot on the white sand, looking forward to a swim in the tranquil water of this magnificent beach in Punta Leona, Costa Rica. Plenty of trees for shade, not too many people, perfect, paradise on earth… but is it [...]

Filed under: Costa Rican Wildlife on October 6th, 2008 | No Comments »

Costa Rica’s More Elusive Species May Soon Be Non-Existent if the Country Doesn’t Act Soon.
Costa Rica is attracting more and more tourism and its popularity as a favorite destination is greatly thanks to its wonderful wildlife. Who has not heard of the spider monkeys and the Titi monkeys, of the anteaters and the tapir, or [...]

Filed under: Costa Rican Wildlife on September 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This White-Nosed Coati Was Spotted on a Beach along the Papagayo Peninsula.
Many visitors come to this country fore the sole purpose of having their own National Geographic experience, trekking through the rain forest in search of wild cats and sloths. Unfortunately the truth is a different story. While there are still many mammals living here, [...]

Filed under: Costa Rican Wildlife on September 24th, 2008 | No Comments »

New Study Serves as Call to Action to Protect Ecologically Diverse Regions of Costa Rica.
The National Museum has just conducted the study of a small tropical rainforest called the Capintero, which is currently only registered under the status of “Protected Zone”, the lowest conservation level in the country. The 2,991 hectare property is located in [...]

Filed under: Costa Rican Wildlife on September 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

San Ramon May House Plants Able to Cure Malaria.
In San Ramon, in Costa Rica’s Alajuela province, a team of 11 experts collected 50 plants in the Alberto Manuel Brenes Reserve (RAMB), and found than some could provide a cure against Malaria. This amazing discovery has given some renewed enthusiasm and passion to the researchers, who [...]

Filed under: Costa Rican Wildlife on September 12th, 2008 | No Comments »

The Management of the San Jose Zoo May Change Hands.
The Simón Bolívar Zoo, located in San José’s Barrio Amón, may soon change hands from the federal government to the municipal. If transferred, the park, which is home to more than 450 animals, would devote it more energy toward conservation, research, and education.

Filed under: Costa Rican Wildlife on September 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »

Costa Rica is Home to Some of the Rarest Frog Species in the World.
In the 1980s, a horrible fungus began to affect the world’s amphibian population, preventing them from breathing through their skin, essentially suffocating the animals. As it spread, the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus threatened more than one-third of the world’s amphibian population with extinction, [...]

Filed under: Costa Rican Wildlife on September 1st, 2008 | No Comments »