The Yucatan peninsula was a treasure trove of monumental relics of the Maya people. These cities resided upon an extensive ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A cenote is a natural sinkhole filled with groundwater. This one, Cenote Ik Kil in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, is about 90 feet below ground level — and the water ...

Other locales with known sinkholes include the Dead Sea, since salt also easily breaks down, and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, which is often riddled with sinkholes due to its limestone.

and activists say a unique network of sinkholes called cenotes are also at risk. More from True Cost Mexico is rushing to complete a new train line around the Yucatan Peninsula that will link ...

On the Caribbean coastline of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula lies the gorgeous seaside town of Tulum, one of the last cities ...