CAYO DISTRICT, BELIZE — “Fishing” for a tarantula — using a twig to tease it out of the hole in the ground it calls home — is cool by me, at least after I pull the thick sleeve of my rain jacket over ...

Surface intervals are usually necessary evils. Repetitive diving demands some decompression time on the boat between dives to allow body tissue to off-gas accumulated nitrogen. It’s like paying a debt ...

The Belize Barrier Reef is 10,000 years old, and it’s the second-largest barrier reef in the world and the longest barrier reef system in the Northern Hemisphere. It extends the full length of the ...

AMBERGRIS CAYE, Belize — The swarm of sharks seemed to be as curious about us as we were about them. Twenty meters deep at the Tackle Box, a dive site off Ambergris Caye, dozens of nurse sharks of all ...

Despite its impressive Mayan ruins and inviting climate, bite-sized Belize has long been overshadowed by Mexico and Costa Rica for sun seekers looking for an affordable winter destination. Recently, ...

There are few better places in the world for diving than the Caribbean. The clear waters teem with kaleidoscopic corals, vast shoals of tropical fish and iconic marine creatures, from whales and rays ...

Cobie Smulders took a break from filming How I Met Your Mother to make a trip to Belize. But it's not all fun and games -- well, kinda sorta...scuba diving is a blast. (Yes, we know she's snorkeled-up ...

Despite its impressive Mayan ruins and inviting climate, bite-sized Belize has long been overshadowed by Mexico and Costa Rica for sun seekers looking for an affordable winter destination. Recently, ...