Thanks to the power of remote sensing lasers, scientists in Mexico have achieved vivid new insights into how people lived during the ancient Mayan empire’s powerful Kanu’l or Snake dynasty, from about ...

In the middle of the Campeche jungle, at the base of the Yucatan Peninsula, lies the largest protected forest reserve in Mexico and one of the country's most underrated attractions: the ancient Mayan ...

are about 35 miles south of the main road (Hwy. 186) deep in the forest. The only others visitors while I was there were the father-daughter hitchhikers from Fairbanks, Alaska, that I picked up. They ...

Thanks to Mexican conservation efforts, the jaguar is making a comeback in the Yucatán Peninsula. A traveler ventures into its habitat in the tropical jungles surrounding an ancient Maya city. By ...