By Ruth Kamnitzer “About a week ago we lost a jaguar in a car collision, just over here,” says Celso Poot, director of the ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health ...

To this end, Belize has set up several programs to not only attract travelers, but to protect the land. For example, to protect endangered species such as the jaguar, Belize is a partner of the ...

That’s why Marin, who is studying many different species of bats here in Belize, is particularly interested in studying bat poop. “I’m going to extract the DNA from the feces,” she says.

This wild adult male Central American river turtle, captured for release in Belize, was immediately released. The critically endangered species is coveted as a culinary delicacy. A hydrophone ...

and coral reef communities of Belize, while learning about conservation programs on such species as harpy eagles, jaguars, manatees, and howler monkeys. Students in this course will spend much of ...

The BBRRS is also home to endemic species including several Yucatan birds, island lizards, several fishes, tunicates, and sponges, making it an area with one of the highest levels of marine ...

The genus Epigomphus Selys 1854 in Mexico and northern Central America contains six described and three new species. E. maya n. sp. from the Maya Mountains of Belize is closest to E. quadracies from ...