From the air, it looks like an ink spill in turquoise water, a perfect circle that seems to drop straight into the planet. For decades, Belize’s Great Blue Hole has pulled in explorers, filmmakers and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Sinkholes are natural depressions that form when rock ...

Belize's Great Blue Hole is one of Earth's most mysterious features. Anyone peering into the 125 metre (410ft) deep pit will wonder what secrets – and stories – lie beneath. Now, scientists have ...

Tropical storms have been steadily increasing in frequency over the past 5,700 years, new evidence from sediment in the Great Blue Hole reveals, with a massive spike in the past two decades. When you ...