Author Archives: Dennis Rogers

Passengers on a Costa Rican-bound cruise ship sighted what appeared to be a drifting fishing boat in waters about 100 miles south of Panamá, and were surprised to see the ship continue even after they informed a uniformed crew member … Continue reading →

The arrival of the rainy season brings a phenomenon intimately familiar in Costa Rican folklore, as the national bird “calls the rain.” The clay-colored thrush responds to the change of seasons by starting its breeding cycle with frantic bouts of … Continue reading →

The Free Zone Regime is a system of tax exemptions designed to encourage the production of products and services with a high value-added component. So far, the main industries to take advantage of the incentives are near shore” service call … Continue reading →

Now that neotropical migrant birds are settled in and established on their wintering grounds in México and Central America, the new season of Monitoreo de Supervivencia Invernal can get underway. This program seeks to determine if survival in the birds’ … Continue reading →

An e-mail condemning a legal turtle egg harvest in Guanacaste is now circulating in at least English, Spanish, German, French, and Portuguese.

A mathematical model of ocean currents has proven successful in predicting the location of the previously known Great Floating Garbage Patch, an area between Hawaii and California with large amounts of degraded plastic debris.

A recent decision put the Sala IV constitutional court in the news when it restricted random searches of vehicles at the impromptu checkpoints often set up by law enforcement agencies.