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HOMUN, Mexico — A huge poplar tree stands proud in Maribel Ek’s courtyard, adorned with a sign that reads: “Florece desde adentro” (“It blooms from within”). Deep underground, the tree’s long roots ...

There’s hardly a better way to spend a hot day than swimming in a cenote on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The cool, fresh, 75-degree cenote water is delightful now, when temperatures are in the 80s, and ...

CHAMPAIGN, lll. – A team of expert divers, a geochemist and an archaeologist will be the first to explore the sacred pools of the southern Maya lowlands in rural Belize. The expedition, made possible ...

HOMUN, Mexico (AP) — A huge poplar tree stands proud in Maribel Ek’s courtyard, adorned with a sign that reads: “Florece desde adentro” (“It blooms from within”). Deep underground, the tree’s long ...