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Wonders of Mexico

Bumblebee Hummingbird Fight

Cave Divers Explore the Yucatan’s Underwater World

Cave Divers Explore the Yucatan’s Underwater World

Over thousands of years, the limestone peninsula is eroded away by the annual rains, creating one of the most spectacular underwater worlds on Earth. Down to the peninsula’s unique geology, there are over 8,000 cenotes, or natural wells, across the peninsula. Cave divers take the risk to enter

The Bat Volcano

The Bat Volcano

The labyrinth of caves across the Yucatan provides the perfect roosting habitat for bats. None are more dramatic than “El Volcan de los Murcielagos," the bat volcano. Each evening, it erupts with more than 3 million bats. Bat falcons, grey hawks and brown jays wait for the feast.

Two Bear Cubs Have a Bath

Two Bear Cubs Have a Bath

In the far northeast of Mexico is the Serranias del Burro, a vital outpost for Mexico’s black bears. Ranchers in this region tap into the underground springs to fill water tanks for their cattle, and tolerate the bears coming in for a drink, and even a bath.

Day of the Dead and Monarch Butterflies

Day of the Dead and Monarch Butterflies

Every winter, up to a billion monarch butterflies overwinter in fir forests deep in central Mexico’s mountains. For thousands of years the people living in Mexico’s mountains have believed these butterflies are the spirits of the dead. Their arrival in winter coincides with Mexico’s most spectacular festival,

Pallid Bats vs. Scorpions

Pallid Bats vs. Scorpions

Many animals avoid the desert heat by becoming nocturnal. But this also exposes you to new dangers. Mexico has the highest diversity of scorpions in the world, but as they come out under the cover of darkness looking for food, the hunter can easily become the hunted. Pallid bats have

Two Men in a Boat

Two Men in a Boat

Cuatro Cienegas is an oasis in the Chihuahuan desert. Geothermal pools and millions of years of isolation has made this area the "Galapagos of North America," with more unique creatures than anywhere else in the continent. To film one devoted mother Cuatro Cienegas cichlid protecting her fry, the

Prairie Dogs vs. Bullsnake

Prairie Dogs vs. Bullsnake

In the vast prairies of north Mexico, six-week-old prairie dog pups are emerging for the very first time from their underground burrows. It’s an unfamiliar and dangerous new world. In this open landscape, predators can attack from every angle, so it’s down to the parents to keep them