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Cacao is native to the Americas, and the Toledo District of southern Belize is recognized for its superior cacao. These cacao beans are a significant export crop and, within country, are transformed into distinctive and high quality chocolate grown by farmer members of the Toledo Cacao Growers Association.

(WILDLIFE) Whether you are deep in the outback or on the shore of a coastal cay, every destination is an exciting wildlife adventure waiting to be explored.

76 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex relationships and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people everywhere continue to suffer violent atta...

By turns, brilliant, eccentric, charming, vulnerable and scattered, McAfee cut an intriguing figure for four hours during an interview at his apartment, nearby coffee shop and sushi restaurant.

 

Today we learned that a major Mayan Monument had been bulldozed for roadfill aggregate. 7news went to Orange Walk District, near the northern district boundary to find out that Noh Mul – or at least a large part of it – is no more. It’s a stunning development – and Jules Vasquez reports.

It’s Day 3 of the constitutional challenge against the Belize sodomy law, Section 53, brought by Caleb Orozco, leader of the United Belize Advocacy Movement (Unibam). Asa DeMatteo, a clinical psych...

No cars, no buses, no lorries – Caye Caulker, Belize is a utopia for bicycles. A vision of a world where people get around on foot, by bike or electric golf carts.

I spent 8 hours watching these love birds one day while working with the Scarlet Six Biomonitoring crew.

"...For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive..."

David Herbert Lawrence

Strong connections between fly fishers in southwest Montana and Central America have led to new research at Montana State University. The project is focused on conch that live in the Caribbean Sea.

Belize archeology institute says ancient Nohmul complex dates back 2,300 years; rock was being extracted for road-building project

Belize serves up a delightful cocktail of white sandy beaches, turquoise Caribbean waters, steamy green jungles, and blue mountain views

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty on Friday of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country's 36-year civil war...

The sight of a slain hammerhead shark in Caye Caulker has raised much concern, as it is a globally endangered species, with its numbers dwindling rapidly.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has issued a statement condemning the State of Belize for violating the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Toledo district.

IT MIGHT seem only a nasty coincidence. As gay rights advance in the West—France and New Zealand are the latest countries to legalise same-sex...

Just spent a wonderful week with the SPAGS (spawning aggregations) team from ERI (Environmental Research Institute) at Calabash Caye Field Station on Turneffe Atoll. Wonderful group of talented, dedicated young Belizeans working to understand and protect our marine resources. Won't have time to process the images till mid-May, but selected this one while archiving the RAWs. A school of permit feeding in a 10' layer of green water at the surface near the Elbow swam by (fly fisherman take note...). Loved the sun rays behind them. Off to Cara Blanca Pools this afternoon ... combining SCUBA and jungle this time.

PLACENCIA, Belize — It’s obvious why filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola built the Turtle Inn resort here: White sand, a blue Caribbean Sea and, some 20 miles offshore, the second-largest coral reef in the world after the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.