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Field notes, fact sheets, and release news.

Updates on our wildlife app, species deep-dives, and stories from the field. A new post is published whenever something is worth sharing — not on a content calendar.

Animals of Costa Rica 2.0 announcement: a Keel-billed Toucan next to a phone showing the Jaguar species page, with the figures 7,026 species, 10,581 photos, places to visit and IUCN status

Release 7 November 2026

Animals of Costa Rica 2.0: rebuilt from the ground up

Version 2.0 is a complete rebuild of the app: 7,026 species, 10,581 photos, places to visit, IUCN Red List status and iNaturalist links. Your favourites, seen species and purchases are kept.

YouTube video thumbnail — Animals of Costa Rica installation how-to

News 6 April 2021

ACR Installation How-To Video Published

A short video on our ACR YouTube channel walks through finding, installing and setting up the app for the first time — including a tip on mixing package resolutions to balance storage and image quality.

A neotropical flat bug from Costa Rica, representative of the family Aradidae

News 28 September 2020

New Flat Bug (Aradidae) Named in Honor of the ACR App

A newly described neotropical flat bug — Limonocoris kunzi — has been named in honour of our work on the Animals of Costa Rica App. A small, very welcome thank-you from the taxonomic community.

Fact sheet infographic for the Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)

Fact Sheet 16 June 2020

ACR Species Fact Sheet 0002: Spectacled Caiman

Second in our species fact-sheet series — the Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus). A printable overview of one of Costa Rica's most widely distributed crocodilians.

Animals of Costa Rica — new app release banner highlighting the v1.5 update

Release 15 June 2020

ACR App Version 1.5 Release Available

v1.5 introduces medium-resolution downloads, storage-aware package handling, and a redesigned download manager. Available now on the Android and iOS stores.

Animals of Costa Rica — new database release banner showing a compilation of recently added species

Release 15 June 2020

ACR Database Version R36 Release Available

Largest content update in the project's history — almost 4,000 new images, more than 1,000 new butterfly and moth species, and broad expansions across insects, birds, reptiles and arachnids.

Fact sheet infographic for the Strawberry Poison Frog (Oophaga pumilio)

Fact Sheet 15 June 2020

ACR Species Fact Sheet 0001: Strawberry Poison Frog

First in our species fact-sheet series — a printable, shareable overview of the Strawberry Poison Frog (Oophaga pumilio), one of Costa Rica's most iconic and conspicuous amphibians.

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