Experience Lighthouse Reef Atoll’s Tiny Treasure
Half Moon Caye looks like something out of a postcard for paradise: a crescent-shaped island with sandy beaches and tall palm trees. You can walk...
View ArticleBest Shallow Dives on the Coral Atolls of Belize
“This really feels like the middle of nowhere. How many nights are we here?” My friend Fariza grips my hand, pressing her face against the...
View ArticleKeeping it Reel: Sport Fishing in Belize
I first tried my hand at angling when I was eight years old, and I ended up winning a fishing contest. I remember standing on...
View ArticleMy Weekend With a Rainforest Ranger
It is 6:30 pm and it is completely dark at Ya’axché’s Golden Stream Corridor Preserve Ranger Field Station. This simple station is a two-bedroom house...
View ArticleIt All Began in Belize…
Brie Cokos is a marine scientist at Ocean Consulting, LLC, in Miami, as well as a competitive rugby player, traveler, and writer. Thanks to her...
View ArticleThe Black Mangrove: A Life-Lesson Through Ecology
Whenever I take a closer look at the natural world, I almost always step back from it again with a fresh perspective on my role...
View ArticleFor Whom the Bell Atolls: A Look at Belize’s Coral Islands
Hemingway took great pleasure in the unspoiled beauty of the Florida Keys – in his day, the remoteness of the islands was beyond compare. Although...
View ArticleA Sacred Marine Nursery – the Belize Coral Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is to the southern hemisphere and Australia what the Belize Barrier Reef is to the northern and western hemispheres: the feather...
View ArticleAn Air Adventure over the Great Blue Hole
Strapped in my seat behind the captain with massive headphones protecting my ears, I began to prepare myself for takeoff. The sound of the blades...
View ArticleLuxuriating Among Belize’s Exquisite White Mangroves
Mangroves are one of the most highly-valued natural resources in the world — and yet, they are under threat from international pressures to develop coastal...
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