Belize's Great Blue Hole is one of Earth's most mysterious features. Anyone peering into the 125 metre (410ft) deep pit will wonder what secrets – and stories – lie beneath. Now, scientists ...

Charles Darwin described it as ‘the most remarkable reef in the West Indies’. The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BBRRS) won its place on the World Heritage List in 1996 as an outstanding natural ...

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 – along with six other areas surrounding Belize's barrier reef – the Great ... this blue channel contains underwater tunnels, caverns and rock ...

An underwater investigation ... He captured the Great Barrier Reef during its latest—and most devastating—mass die-off, and documented how coral off the coast of Belize had partially recovered ...

Particularly impressive is the Belize Barrier Reef, the second-largest coral reef in the world, and the Great Blue Hole, a giant underwater sinkhole. Drink a piña colada on the beach or go hiking ...

With its plentiful outdoor activities, this 25-mile-long island off the coast of northern Belize caters to the ... seeking easy access to the barrier reef that surrounds the island.

In 2016 and 2017, marine heat waves caused by climate change resulted in mass bleaching, which killed about half of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, along with many others around the world.