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J2 Cave Expedition

9 years 7 months ago By Main Minion

After my speech at the International Tech Meeting 2012 (technical diving convention in Bratislava, Slovakia), deep cave explorer Bill Stone asked me to join him for lunch. Read more

The Sea Lions of Los Islotes

9 years 8 months ago By My Minion

In between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez [ed.—also known as the Gulf of California], the Mexican peninsula of Baja California takes shape.

Sea of Cortez —Where the Wild Things Are

11 years 3 months ago By Matthew Meier

For 16 magical minutes we were fortunate to have a very inquisitive youngster exhaust each of us in turn with its oversized version of follow the leader.

19th century British ship found off Yucatan

11 years 6 months ago By Main Minion

The remains of the HMS Forth were found by a team from Mexico's National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH), led by marine archeologist Helena Barba Meinecke, INAH's head of underwater archaeology in the Yucatan Peninsula.

Diving with the Humboldt squid

12 years 3 months ago By Main Minion

Humboldt squid live in the very deep waters of the ocean. Knowledge about their lives in the abyss is very limited. Most of the research concerning their behaviour has been done in shallower waters.

Finding the early humans

12 years 7 months ago By Main Minion

For centuries these openings have provided inhabitants with access to fresh water, and the inaccessibility of the deep caves beneath the openings has long beckoned the adventurous, though physical challenges limited how far they could go.

Guadaloupe's Great White Sharks

13 years 2 months ago By Barb Roy

It was a huge 14ft (4m), 2,175-pound (987kg) female. Her body was sleek and muscular, capable of high speeds if necessary. She ignored the bait and gave the caged divers a once over then slowly swam away, never changing her pace.

Socorro

13 years 2 months ago By Barb Roy

Topside, the islands are completely different in appearance and are home to many endemic plant and animal species.

Cozumel

13 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

Cozumel combines the great reefs that one might find at the best dive spots around the warm Mexican Gulf waters with the laid back island life, where everything is close enough with a short taxi ride or a pleasurable bicycle tour.

Riviera Maya

13 years 2 months ago By Andrey Bizyukin

The Mayans completely adapted to the conditions of their environment, with superb observations of the nature around them, learning to cultivate maize and settling throughout their lands.