which makes these caves a perfect time capsule. This underworld is formed by a massive underground aquifer in the northern Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. It is accessible by cenotes that connect ...

In Mexico, you can go cave diving in the Yucatan Peninsula, particularly in areas like Tulum and Playa del Carmen, which are renowned for their extensive network of cenotes and underwater cave ...

The cave is filled with hundreds of monumental ... For that reason, Sac Actun now absorbs Dos Ojos. The Yucatan peninsula of Mexico is studded with monumental relics of the Maya people, whose ...

Looking for blind cavefish in San Luis Potosí, biologist Luis Espinasa and his team accidentally found the remains of giant ...

This spring the group published a report in the journal Science on its findings at a massive underwater cave on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula known as Hoyo Negro, or “black hole.” Beddows’ study of ...

Mexican real estate firm Muúk Karant has announced that it is building the first pre-Columbian museum within a cenote near ...

During the past couple of decades archaeologists have begun paying close attention to the role of caves, the zenith sun ... encompasses the lower third of Mexico, as well as most of Belize ...

Cave divers take great risk exploring the underworld to reveal its secrets.

Each year, more than 1 million people visit Xplor, a subaquatic theme park located a few kilometers south of Playa del Carmen, a popular tourist town on the Caribbean coast of southeast Mexico.

Often lauded as one of the best-kept secrets on the Yucatan Peninsula, Río Secreto (or Secret River) is an underground river and collection of caves. The bright turquoise water contrasts with the ...

imperiled cats and monkeys and underwater caves and rivers. “This Maya train construction is already harming the habitat of jaguars, ocelots, Yucatan spider monkeys and many other imperiled animals,” ...