The islands of Mexico and Central and South America have more than aquamarine waters and white-sand shores. Snorkelers, divers, and bird-watchers flock to these islands to experience their ...

Just off the coast of Mexico’s bustling Riviera Maya lies a hidden gem that few tourists know about – Isla Contoy. Of all the ...

The Marias Islands, located about 60 miles off the coast of San Blas in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico, will be open for tourists starting summer of 2021. The archipelago, made of four islands, was mostly ...

This category of the World’s Best Awards, covering more than half of the Americas, is so culturally and ecologically diverse that its islands are almost impossible to compare. But there seems to be a ...

When the Mexican military used the Marieta Islands for target practice in the early 1900s, little did they know their efforts would lead to the creation of a future tourist destination. But, in fact, ...

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Temperatures in the Pacific Ocean broke records in 2023 as climate change and El Niño destroyed a large part of Mexico’s Islas Marietas National Park. Only a fifth of the coral coverage registered in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. You might be surprised to know that Mexico is home to over ...

FILE - A journalist walks past a fallen section of fencing during a media tour of the now closed Laguna del Toro maximum security facility on the former Islas Marias penal colony located off Mexico's ...