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 ...

The reserve is part of the Mesoamerican Reef, which is the second largest in the world (behind Australia’s Great Barrier Reef). But largely due to unsustainable tourism practices, Belize’s ...

part of the Belize Barrier Reef. The 190-mile-long section of the 560-mile Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (the world’s second largest barrier reef after Australia’s) extends from Cancún to ...

The Great Blue Hole’s shape is a result of Belize’s geological history. It’s near the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second ...

The Mesoamerican Reef, the longest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, stretches 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) along the Caribbean coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. The latest ...

The best way to access the Blue Hole and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef is from Ambergris Caye, the largest island in Belize. Book a day trip to experience the Great Blue Hole, about 45 miles from ...

Editor’s Note: This story was identified by Patricia Zurita, who is guest editor for Call to Earth’s “Nature’s Highways” theme. For sharks, turtles and rays in the Caribbean, the ...