Due to the El Niño phenomenon, Costa Rica experienced lower than normal rainfall in 2023 across most of the country, ending the year with a precipitation deficit in almost all regions. The National ...

The National Meteorological Institute recently announced that additional severe weather is in store for Costa Rica in coming months, caused by the ongoing effects of El Niño, which has yet to reach ...

The snake's venom is toxic to the blood, causing clots and necrosis (tissu Davinia Beneyto In Costa Rica, El Niño has a strange side effect: More snakebites. Both the hot and cold phases of the ...

According to new work published in Science Advances, viper envenomation is far more prevalent in Costa Rica during both the hottest and coldest El Niño years. Snakes are ectothermic (not to be ...

Now researchers have linked another public health risk to El Niño climate cycling: poisonous viper bites. Their study area was Costa Rica—where health centers keep rigorous records on snakebites.

Snakebites in Costa Rica are expected to increase over the next year as a result of the impending El Nino, scientists have warned. Researchers from the Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical ...

With the announcement Friday during a visit to the Reforma prison, Chaves was channeling El Salvador President Nayib Bukele who he recognized last year with Costa Rica’s highest diplomatic honor ...

Costa Rica Looks to El Salvador's Gang Crackdown for Path to Stopping Violence TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — Costa Rica's security minister toured El Salvador's maximum-security gang prison on ...

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Yet, at the same time, in cold cycles of El Nino, prey is less abundant, forcing the snakes to slither further afield to find prey, putting humans in the path of snakes. Costa Rica’s rainy ...

TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — Costa Rica’s security minister toured El Salvador’s maximum-security gang prison on Friday as part of his review of the measures that El Salvador has taken to ...