By installing artificial reefs, state authorities take the pressure off existing natural reefs and ensure a brighter environmental future for marine life, the fishing industry and tourism.

Henequen, the "green gold" of the Yucatán, made fortunes while also enslaving many people. Today, the industry is in ruins.

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Hundreds of plantations once symbolised the peninsula's wealth but were abandoned in the 1950s after a sudden downturn of fortune. Over the years, the jungle has taken them back. (This year, we ...

This was not how I had imagined my trip to sunny Mexico—hurricane season was supposed to be over. It was night, and we were coming into Mérida, the capital city of Yucatán—La Ciudad Blanca, as it is ...

The tiny but mighty chile lends its unmistakable fruity heat to marinades, dressings and, of course, salsas. By Pati Jinich It doesn’t matter if you are at a hotel, restaurant, market, street-food ...

Reporting from Cancún, Mexico — I got chocolate for my birthday. Two weeks of it. I spent 14 days this winter exploring chocolate in the Yucatán Peninsula, a part of Mexico that’s closer to Cuba than ...

The jungles of the Yucatán peninsula look as wild as a forest can: dense, lush and filled with dozens of varieties of trees. It certainly doesn't look cultivated in the way that Iowa does. But ...