The Nassau grouper is drawn by the winter moon, between December and March, to special places where hundreds of the cryptic ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Belize has ...

This week Unesco, the United Nation’s scientific and cultural agency, removed the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, part of the 600-mile long MesoAmerican Reef System, the world’s second largest, ...

Get to know Belize with these suggestions from locals. This list of things to do in Belize features ideas for everyone, from adventurers and history buffs to foodies and travelers looking to chill out ...

NEW YORK (November 29, 2016) --A new generation of threatened hawksbill sea turtles is thriving in the protected waters of Glover's Reef Atoll, Belize, evidence that efforts to protect these and other ...

Belize as we know it – the small, English-speaking Central American country perched along the Caribbean Sea – has been around since 1981, but the barrier reef just off the country’s coast is turning ...

BELIZE CITY, Belize (AP) — Belize is considering new offshore drilling regulations that could open nearly the entire coast to exploration and exploitation, environmental groups have warned, calling it ...

Turneffe Atoll, BELIZE - Natasha Gibson is a licensed scuba diver, tour guide, and more recently, coral reef conservationist. She and her colleagues at the Belizean non-profit Fragments of Hope are ...

The Belizean government has failed to implement promised protections for the Belize Barrier Reef World Heritage site, according to a WWF assessment published today, leaving the largest barrier reef in ...

Belize stopped the exploration for oil in its waters as of Dec. 29, 2017. Environmentalists and local businesses opposed a 2016 plan to begin wider oil exploration around Belize, halting those plans ...

Shark populations have declined across the Caribbean region, with negative associations between shark abundance and human population density, open access to fishing, and proximity to large markets ...