A margay that was forced to hunt on farms due to the lack of food in its habitat, was aided by a farmer right when hit was about to be killed before they killed him. The capture took place last Thursday in Los Angeles de Pital, San Carlos, after a farmer in the area managed […]

Randall Ortega Chávez is a nature photographer with more than twenty years of experience in Costa Rica. During a recent trip, aboard a small boat on the Tárcoles River and while leading a group of birdwatchers, he had the miraculous bliss of witnessing a raccoon that stealthily approached a crocodile. I thought that the raccoon […]

The Fire Department continues to save lives and not only people’s lives, but also animals’. On Sunday afternoon, they rescued five puppies from a fire in San Antonio de Escazú. In addition to the puppies, they saved a parakeet and a rabbit. The puppies were taken care of by paramedics from the Fire Department. They […]

Officers of the Public Force carried out an unsual rescue in Monte Verde, Puntarenas. They received a domestic violence report from a farm in San Luis, and they found a toucan that was injured and could not fly. The officers had to walk about 500 meters inside the property and while doing so, a person […]

A female margay was rescued by the authorities of the National System of Conservation Areas (SINCA), of the MINAE, jointly with the authorities of the Osa Conservation Area. The animal was captive in a tourist center in La Palma, Puerto Jiménez. The authorities came after a complaint that he was feeding on chickens from the […]

Don Ricardo Jiménez, a resident of Zapote, loved to build wooden toy cars. Hammers, nails and the remains of the trees were his toys. At the age of 25, about to get married, he realized drawing was his passion. That is how he arrived to the House of the Artist, but he did not dare […]