The underwater caves of the Yucatán Peninsula are a window to the distant past. Through two million years and over multiple glaciation cycles, these caves have been transformed. When the sea ...

A postdoctoral research assistant at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Calderon Gutierrez explores the underwater caves of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and Cozumel Island to study the strange and ...

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 ...

A group of divers have connected two underwater caverns in ... of the subterranean waters of the Yucatan peninsula, said the 347 kilometre- (216 mile-) cave was identified after months of ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.

Stunning visuals, presentation and a well-crafted story came together to tell the tale of the destruction of cenotes in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. It’s not every day that a certification in scuba ...

Visitors swim in submerged caves, tear through the jungle in all-terrain vehicles ... is led by Jerónimo Avilés, an underwater speleologist and director of the Instituto de la Prehistoria de América ...

Sistema Sac Actun (Mexico) – Located in the Yucatán Peninsula, it's one of the world’s longest underground rivers, connected to ancient Mayan cenotes. Lost River (USA – Indiana) – This river vanishes ...

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,” ...