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A photo of Leydy Pech, a Mayan beekeeper

Mayan beekeepers launch legal battle to protect the environment

Leydy Pech, a Mayan beekeeper, launched a legal battle to protect the environment and the Indigenous Mayan community’s ancient practice of beekeeping. Now she is a 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner.

Mayan beekeepers launch legal battle to protect the environment
A Mayan temple is seen on a foggy morning.

Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?

Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?

For Mexico's Maya people, baseball, or bax’abola, a way of life

For Mexico's Maya people, baseball, or bax’abola, a way of life

Bax'abola: Maya Baseball Takes off in the US

Bax'abola: Maya Baseball Takes off in the US
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End of the World Celebrants Gather at Mayan Pyramid

End of the World Celebrants Gather at Mayan Pyramid
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Slideshow: Ancient Mayan 'Place of Bats'

An abandoned Mayan city in northern Guatemala is the subject of today's geo-quiz. Its name is derived from the millions of bats that live there. Aaron Schachter learns more about the city and its bats, from Brown University archaeologist, Stephen Houston.

Slideshow: Ancient Mayan 'Place of Bats'

Invasive citrus disease found in California for the first time

A citrus disease that devastated the Florida citrus industry has been found in California for the first time. State and federal officials are reacting quickly to try and contain it before it does to California what it did in Florida, where it caused $4 billion in damage and 6600 jobs.

Invasive citrus disease found in California for the first time

Slideshow: An Underground River in the Philippines

Slideshow: An Underground River in the Philippines
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Yucatan Farmers

In Cancun international delegates try to save the world's forests. Meanwhile deep in the Yucatan jungle an ancient culture struggles to survive with their forest intact as the climate changes.

Yucatan Farmers
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Geo answer

The answer to the Geo Quiz is the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. Graduate students Antonio Seliz and Jill Deppe regularly travel there to study birds and they sent us this audio-postcard.

Geo answer
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New route for Cuban exiles

The World's Lorne Matalon reports that Cubans who flee their island for the United States are trying a new route: through Mexico, and Mexican authorities fear a mass exodus of Cubans coming through in coming years.

New route for Cuban exiles
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Mayan Farmers Defend Slash and Burn

Mayan Farmers Defend Slash and Burn
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Mexican Drive for Cash Cops

Mexican Drive for Cash Cops