Earlier this year caver divers pushed Mexico’s Sistema Huautla to a new depth of 1,545 meters (5,069 feet), once again making Sistema Huautla the deepest cave in the western hemisphere. … Read More
Archaeologists have discovered nearly 5,000 paintings in the caves and ravines of the Sierra de San Carlos, municipality of Burgos, Tamaulipas. Archaeologist Martha Garcia Sanchez announced the discovery and his … Read More
Cavers on an expedition to Sistema Huautla in southern Mexico have recently announced that they have reached a new depth of 1,545 meters (5,069 feet), once again making Sistema Huautla … Read More
In their most recent update, posted earlier today, the Quintana Roo Speleological Survey reported that the Quiet Diver Team has connected Cenote Herradura, Cenote K’oxul, Cenote Maya, Sistema Ak Tulum, … Read More
A team of scientists studying bat behavior have discovered that they exhibit sort of a lunar phobia, in that bright moonlight causes bats to go become less active. Biologists at … Read More
An ancient skeleton recently became the latest archaeological specimen to disappear from a cenote in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Dubbed Young Hol Chan II, the 10,000-year-old skeleton was discovered in 2010 … Read More
When remains were found in a southern Mexican cave last month, the first thought of officials was that they had discovered yet another mass grave. With the increasing violence of … Read More
The remains of as many as 167 people have been found in a cave in southern Mexico. Discovered stacked atop each other, the bones were found last week on the … Read More
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati have been studying the caves underneath the ancient Maya city of Xcoch. One of the largest cities in the region during the period between … Read More
The International Congress of Speleology on Mayan Caves will take place this May in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The event will focusing on how ancient Maya lived with karst as well … Read More
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