Belize is widely regarded as a global leader in conservation, home to vast rainforests, diverse wildlife and the ...

The coastal area of Belize is an outstanding natural system consisting of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal ...

Investigate coral reefs, manatees, howler monkeys, jaguars, and other wildlife while learning the methods communities are using to sustain them. Join our partner, The Belize Zoo, and explore diverse ...

We’ve been working with the government of Belize to develop a long-term coastal development plan that takes full account of the huge value of its natural assets. The beauty and diversity of Belize’s ...

In the crystalline waters off the coast of Belize, anglers hauled in an ocean predator with a distinctive “shovel-shaped” head. They didn’t know it right away, but they’d just caught a new ...

This story appears in the October 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the mangroves off the east coast of Central America, at the edge of the Mesoamerican Reef, the world is divided in ...