New Technology for Saving Endangered Sea Turtles Uses Decoy GPS Eggs to Catch Poachers - And it Works
A new study published in the journal Current Biology has found that planting GPS-enabled decoy eggs could help find baby turtle traffickers.
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He Finally Located Source of Mysterious Sound-A New Frog Species Named After His Rewilding Quest in Costa Rica
A nature-lover's ears led to the discovery of a new frog species after Donald Valera Soto searched for 6 months to find elusive creature.
Deep Sea Octopus Nursery With 4 New Species Confirmed by Marine Biologists
At the hatchery, the females were photographed incubating their eggs with their suckers pointing out as a defense strategy.
Pristine Coral Reefs Discovered Are Thousands of Years Old And Teeming With Life
The larger of the two reefs spans over 800 meters in length, the equivalent of eight football fields and is filled with stony corals
How Costa Rica Slowed, Stopped, Then Reversed Deforestation in Their Rainforests
Once the captial of logging and deforestation in Latin America, Costa Rica's Payment for Environmental Service model helped reforest the country.
World Celebrates Central America's First Same-Sex Marriage After Costa Rica Passes Trailblazing Legislation
These two Latina women just became the first same-sex couple in Costa Rica—and all of Central America—to legally tie the knot.
A Starving Stray Puppy Upended our Mundane, Retired Lives: Finding Purpose After Finding Yiuka
A starving homeless puppy we rescued in beautiful Costa Rica turned out to be a fortuitous encounter that changed our lives.
A 15 Million-Acre Protected Superhighway Near Galapagos Was Just Created to Preserve Marine Life
Ecuador announced at COP 26 an expansion of the marine protections around the Galápagos Islands by 23,000 sq-miles—nearly 15 million acres.
Watch Adorable Moment a Sloth Reunited With Her Baby After It Was Found Stranded and Crying On Beach
This is the adorable moment a three-fingered sloth was reunited with her baby, after it was found stranded and crying on a beach. See the video.
Costa Rica Has Been Powered Only By Renewable Energy For 122 Days
After using renewable energy for 99% of their electricity in 2015, this Latin American country plans to be carbon neutral by 2021.
Orange is the New Green For Thriving Costa Rican Forests, Thanks to Orange Peels
Twenty years after the ‘leftovers' from industrial food production were dumped on a Costa Rican forest, the land is now a flourishing ecosystem.
US Troops Stop to Build Up Costa Rica After Helping Haiti
Hundreds of US military personnel arrived recently in an aircraft carrier to work on repairing schools and building medical clinics in the countryside of Costa Rica.
Costa Rica Announces Ambitious Plan to Ban Fossil Fuels and Become World's First Decarbonized Society
Considering the country already generates 99% of their energy use through renewable sources, decarbonization does not seem that far-fetched.
Watch Mother Tamandua's Reaction to Finally Being Reunited With Her Lost Baby in the Wild
This mamma tamandua could barely contain her excitement when she was finally reunited with her month-old baby.
Sealy Helps Provide A Bed for Every Child
Sealy has also indicated a desire to become a major sponsor of SOFTLY International’s global Bed-for-Every-Child program, much to the delight of the unique organization’s founder, Eloise Vincent, of Reston, Virginia.
Help for Hot Spots
A $150 million global fund has been launched to provide protection for environmental “hot spots†that contain the most dense array of plant and animal biodiversity around the planet.
All is in Divine Order
Eloise Vincent founded SOFTLY International-- Securing Our Future Today Loving Youth -- to supply medical care, clothing and beds to families living in extreme One of her beliefs was tested and ultimately strengthened this winter when SOFTLY’s abundant funds ran out.
Police Rescue Giant Sea Turtle From Car's Trunk
After a shootout and high-speed chase (both initiated by the suspects), Costa Rican police found a giant endangered leatherback turtle in the trunk of the car -- still alive.
A Bridge in Costa Rica Helps People Reach Their Dreams
El Puente - The Bridge - helps people to help themselves in Southern Costa Rica. A longtime reader of the Good News Network, Barry Stevens, the founder of the bridge, needs a hand this month to meet the expenses of his School Program, Food Program and Microloan Program. If you can help, visit the donation page.
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