Central America

Described as "cute" even in formal scientific journals, Costa Rica's tent-making bats defy negative stereotypes by living in harmony with each other and inspiring conservation.

• Costa Rica
• Wildlife
• Animal
• Nature & Outdoors

Archaeologists have suspected there was more to Tikal, El Zotz and Holmul. But it wasn’t until recently that proof came – in the form of Lidar, a type of remote sensing technology.

• Guatemala
• Heritage
• Archaeology

After archaeologists discovered an ancient city deep in the Central American rainforest, researchers found something else: it’s home to animals long presumed to be extinct.

• Honduras
• Video

For hundreds of years, indigenous groups have warned that destroying the environment leads to disease and adversely affects lives and culture. Is the world now ready to listen?

• Costa Rica
• Covid-19
• Sustainability

When West Africans on their way to the New World’s slave markets escaped in 1635, they intermarried with Caribbean islanders to create a new and distinct culture.

• Belize
• Cultural Traditions
• Festivals

In the small indigenous territory of Guna Yala off Panama’s eastern coast, a flourishing ‘third gender’ community is defying stereotypes – and venerating women.

• Central America
• Cultural Traditions

The hard-drinking, heavy-smoking deity, San Simón, brings hope to impoverished citizens and criminal gangs in Central America.

• Central America
• Cultural Traditions
• Religion

Panama’s indigenous Guna tribe have called San Blas home for hundreds of years. But the entire idyllic archipelago is at risk of being underwater within a matter of decades.

• Central America
• Island
• Eco-tourism