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New nets make shrimp trawling more sustainable in Latin America and Caribbean

Michelle Carrere 3 Jun 2019

Debunking myths about sloths is crucial to stopping the sloth crisis

Mike Gaworecki 2 Apr 2019

Sergio Rojas Ortiz, leader of Costa Rica’s indigenous Bribri, slain by gunmen

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019

Top camera trapping stories of 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 31 Dec 2018

Pesticides could be painting black howler monkeys yellow in Costa Rica

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2018
Rainforest on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula. Photo by Rhett Butler.

Secondary forests in Costa Rica are re-cleared within decades

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega 7 Dec 2018

Latam Eco Review: Whale attacks, palm oil woes, and hope for vaquitas

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2018

The Osa Camera Trap Network: Uniting people to monitor biodiversity

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 30 Oct 2018

New sloth book features amazing photographs and busts myths [PHOTOS]

Erik Hoffner 5 Apr 2018

How to build a Guardian: students learn about making technology work in the field

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 23 Mar 2018

A global view from a mountain town: how conservation became ingrained in Monteverde

Caitlin Looby 6 Sep 2017

Re-peeling the effects of degradation: low-tech application of orange crop waste shows potential to restore tropical forests

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Aug 2017

Suspect Beef: Central America

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2017

Watch a leatherback sea turtle return to the ocean after nesting on a Costa Rica beach

Mike Gaworecki 29 Mar 2017

Newly discovered beetle catches a ride on the backs of army ants to get around

Mike Gaworecki 10 Feb 2017

More than just prosthetics: The role of 3D printing in wildlife conservation

Jessica Ordóñez 28 Nov 2016

Four get maximum sentence for murder of Costa Rican sea turtle conservationist

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Apr 2016

Latin American wildlife trafficking takes to the air

Lindsay Fendt 19 Nov 2015

A bird’s-eye view of forest restoration

Caleb O'Brien 26 Oct 2015

Sea turtle conservationists attacked in Costa Rica

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jul 2015

Fracas over Costa Rican shark-fin exports leads American Airlines to stop shipping fins

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 24 Apr 2015

Can shade-grown cocoa help conserve sloths?

Darcy Widmayer 22 Apr 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Suspects acquitted in shocking murder of sea turtle conservationist

Jeremy Hance 27 Jan 2015

Scientists rediscover Critically Endangered streamside frog in Costa Rica

Victor Montoro 26 Dec 2014

Initiative to restore 50M acres of degraded Latin American ecosystems by 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Dec 2014

Surprising reasons to be optimistic about saving forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2014

The 90 Percent Diet: reducing our environmental impact by eating less meat

Elizabeth Devitt 7 Aug 2014

Olinguito, tinkerbell, and a dragon: meet the top 10 new species of 2013

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2014

The matrix matters: scientists find surprising biodiversity between forests

Andrew Mann 20 May 2014

City lights threaten rainforests by deterring bats

Paul Sutherland 9 Apr 2014

Sloths, moths and algae: a surprising partnership sheds light on a mystery

Ariel Mark 22 Mar 2014

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