Month: December 2016

The team of Expedition Akumal could not be happier about the progress of their coral restoration project.  The first cuttings have grown amazingly well and now are being planted onto the reef.  You may have seen those  little suction-cup looking things on the reef for the last month – well [……]

 Spider Monkeys live in the tropical forests of Central and South America from southern Mexico to Brazil. They are critically endangered and at extremely high risk of extinction due in part to logging and deforestation which removes the tall trees the Spider Monkeys depend on and call home. Their low maturation and reproduction [……]

Trumpet Tree – Spanish name Guarambo     The wild trumpet tree grows abundantly in the Yucatan and reaches 20-25 meters in height. The tree is thin with a hollow trunk and has large leaves. The upper surfaces of the leaves are scaled, while the lower surfaces are covered with [……]