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Tourist beaches on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula are facing an unprecedented influx of brown algae, known as sargassum, with volumes four times higher than previous years, prompting the country to seek scientific and technological solutions.
Ivan Šprajc's team has discovered a previously unknown Mayan city in the Yucatán Peninsula, which had been protected from looters by vegetation for a thousand years.
States in the Yucatán Peninsula have established a habanero council to ensure the traceability, certification, and quality of the famous pepper, as well as to promote it in national and international markets.
A concrete monolith known as Punto Put has emerged as a significant point of contention, potentially leading to a redrawing of the map of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
Henequen has a complex legacy in Mexico. It made many people rich in Mexico, but it also enslaved many in the Yucatán Peninsula in debt peonage.
The article discusses the long-held views connecting the asteroid impact at Chicxulub in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula with the mass extinction of dinosaurs. It posits that the subsequent emergence of humans was a coincidence rather than an evolutionary inevitability.
A second earthquake centered off the coast of Cuba in eight days has been felt across the Yucatán Peninsula, startling residents. Initial tsunami fears were allayed by state authorities.
The Cancún region on the Yucatán Peninsula is highlighted as a popular tourist destination, distinct from World Cup venues.
The Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico is highlighted as a destination for unique chocolate adventures. Visitors can explore the region's rich history and production of chocolate.
Scientists have found a site of Maya monuments, untouched by looting, deep within Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The remote location, named Minanbé, meaning 'there is no path,' required extensive travel by ATVs and hiking through dense forest.
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid impact in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula not only eradicated dinosaurs but also created an underground environment that became a refuge for life, according to new research.
Mexico's Supreme Court is tasked with resolving a century-old border dispute that has left nearly 10,000 square kilometers and 23,000 people in a governmental no man's land between three states in the Yucatán Peninsula.
Previous research suggests the area of the find, between Tulum and Playa del Carmen along the state of Quintana Roo's coastline, functioned as a burial site where ritual practices were performed by…