Expats forced from their home in killer bee attack
Email this page February 18th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Two U.S. citizens were forced from their home in Desamparaditos de Puriscal yesterday when a swarm of Africanized honeybees, known colloquially as “killer bees,” filled their home. Firefighters who attended the scene found the home completely overrun with the aggressive bees. Water and special foam were used to […]
Human resource needs putting deep-water ecosystems in peril
Email this page February 17, 2014 (AFP) – Relentlessly rising human demand for for deep-sea resources — fish, gas and oil, rare materials — is posing such a risk that international cooperation is needed if aquatic ecosystems are to be saved, US scientists warn. The doubling of the world’s population over the past five decades […]
Costa Rica parks on alert for outbreak of forest fires
Email this page By Arianna McKinney / Voz de Guanacaste February 11th, 2014 - Parks and protected areas are on alert nationwide for forest fires. The alert went into effect on January 15, but even before then one major fire had already broken out in the Nicoya area. On Saturday, December 28, 9 hectares (22 acres) were […]
Mel Gibson, others not happy as new route planned between Samara beaches
Email this page By Arianna McKinney / Voz de Guanacaste Feature to Inside Costa Rica February 6th, 2014 - The Municipality of Nicoya is currently conducting studies to open a roadway to connect the beaches of Barrigona and Barco Quebrado, as well as a road to connect the smaller beaches of Pavones and Bajo Escondido, between […]
Accused murderers of environmentalist, Jairo Mora to remain jailed
Email this page February 5th, 2014 (ISH/AFP/InsideCostaRica.com) Six suspects who have been arrested in connection with the murder of Costa Rican sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora will remain behind bars until at least May 1, according to the Limón Prosecutor’s Office. Ernesto Enrique Centeno, José Bryan Quesada, William Delgado, Donald Salmon, Héctor Cash and […]
UCR, Simthsonian researchers discover new coral species in Pacific
Email this page By the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute news staff. February 4th, 2014 - A new coral species, Psammogorgia hookeri, has been collected by scuba divers from rocky ledges at depths to 25 meters in Peru’s Paracas national reserve. The corals’ hand-sized colonies are slightly smaller than the colonies of their closest relative. Costa Rican researchers at […]
Drug trafficking driving deforestation in Central America: study
Email this page By the Ohio State University news service February 3rd, 2014 - Add yet another threat to the list of problems facing the rapidly disappearing rainforests of Central America: drug trafficking. In an article in the journal Science, seven researchers who have done work in Central America point to growing evidence that drug trafficking […]
Dolphins in ‘bad shape’ after BP oil spill: study
Email this page February 1, 2014 (AFP) – Bottlenose dolphins with missing teeth, lung disease, and abnormal hormone levels were found swimming in the Gulf of Mexico a year after the BP oil spill, US researchers say. Pneumonia, liver disease and a pregnant female carrying a dead fetus were also reported in the first major […]
