There are 4 Types of Cenotes Of the (approximately) 6,000 cenotes in Yucatan and Mexico, there are four distinct types: 1️⃣ open, 2️⃣ semi-open, 3️⃣ cave, and 4️⃣ diving cenotes.

In a flooded cave system in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo on the Yucatán peninsula, a manatee mother swims up to cave diver Klaus Thymann, who captured stunning footage and images of these ...

Venom from centipede-like creatures found in the underwater caves of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula could potentially treat ...

The Gran Acuifero Maya, (GAM) a project dedicated to the study and preservation of the subterranean waters of the Yucatan peninsula, said the 347 kilometre- (216 mile-) cave was identified after ...

One didn’t have to be Maya to feel awe. During the past couple of decades archaeologists have begun paying close attention to the role of caves, the zenith sun, and now—through de Anda ...

The first face of the first Americans belongs to an unlucky teenage girl who fell to her death in a Yucatán cave some 12,000 to 13,000 years ago. Her bad luck is science’s good fortune.

Getty Images Speleologists have warned of the damage continued work could do to underground caves Judge Adrián Novelo said building work on this 120km (75 mile)-stretch should be suspended ...

The town of Bolonchen (“The Village of Nine Wells”) is located on the Yucatán peninsula and is known today for its magnificent caves. It is in a desert region of Mexico, where there are no rivers and ...

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

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 ...