Learn About Belize

Take Your Class or Group on a Virtual Tour of the Belize Zoo! The Belize Zoo has recently announced the ...
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What is a Tapir? The Central American Tapir (Tapirus bairdii), also known as the Baird’s Tapir or Mountain cow, is ...
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Our Howler Monkey Friends! What's that sound? If you are visiting the Belize Zoo and hear an almost unnatural low ...
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Before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the Mayan Empire stretched across Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, ...
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At little larger than the size of a house cat – and often mistaken for its larger, and more common, ...
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One of the most recognizable of all the small cats of Central America, the ocelot – known also as the ...
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Looking like a cross between a house cat and a weasel is the jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi), one of the smallest ...
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Mountain Lion, Catamount, Florida Panther, Cougar – across the Americas, from Canada to the tip of Argentina, these several names ...
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Once, Jaguars (Panthera onca) roamed thousands of miles of territory, from Argentina to Arizona and even Colorado. Today, their range ...
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For divers and snorkelers in the warm, shallow waters of the Caribbean, Fire Coral is a well-known menace. Appearing to ...
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Everyone’s always talking about how much they need a vacation. They yearn for a nice, peaceful time to forget about ...
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The Belize Barrier Reef is a system of coral reefs stretching roughly 190 miles (305 kilometers) along the coast of ...
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Walk through the forests of Belize, and you might spy dozens of small brown ants scurrying across the forest floor, ...
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Jaguars once roamed free across the Americas, from the Southwestern United States to the mountains of Argentina and Peru. The ...
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The northern emerald toucanet, also called the Mexican emerald toucanet, is a small species of toucan found in southern Mexico ...
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Big, yellow eyes are the first thing you notice when you meet Luna, a spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) at the ...
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The rainforest of Central America is one of the most beautiful and ecologically rich locations on the planet, but it ...
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Belize is home to one of the largest primates in the New World, the spider monkey (Ateles sp.). These monkeys ...
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Vanilla, a staple in the kitchen and a scent that reminds many of warmth and cookies, is often thought of ...
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In Belize, the black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) is commonly referred to as a “baboon”.  This is a bit of ...
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