This week, a Scottish man from Edinburgh bought a pineapple produced in Costa Rica and it came with a live snake. After unpacking the groceries, the man found the reptile that arrived from Costa Rica -for reasons that are yet to be explained. The specimen is a member of the Leptodeira annulata family, which is […]

Marine snakes recently discovered in Golfo Dulce, in the South Pacific, astonished scientists due to its hunting posture. The discovery of this subspecies was made official in May by researchers from the University of Costa Rica (UCR). It gave way to the yellow sea serpent identified as Hydrophis platurus xanthos. Beyond their color and appearance, […]

On August 3rd, the “Nyuti” bus arrived in Puerto Limón. This is the first in Central America bus that does not need gas to run, as it uses hydrogen as a fuel. This makes it a “zero emission” unit, ie it does not produce any gaseous pollutants. Nine days later, on August 12th, the bus […]

Yesterday, Grecia the toucan celebrated a year of recovery at the Zoo Ave animal rescue center in Alajuela. The bird, which lost part of its peak during an attack in 2015, was part of the launch of the program “Padrinos del Zoológico”, for companies and individuals to financially support the care and feeding of a […]

The country has a new variety of potato called “Única”. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), it contains more vitamin C. This potato variety was developed in the Tissue Laboratory of the Experimental Station Carlos Durán, from INTA, located in Oreamuno de Cartago. According to MAG, in addition to having more vitamin […]

A pygmy sperm whale was rescued after it got stuck in Potrero Beach in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste. The operation was executed by the Officers of the National Coast Guard Service, according to the Ministry of Public Safety. It was a little over one-meter-and-a-half long and, despite the circumstances in which it was, between rocks and […]