Some believe that the sleepy mountain town of Tepoztlán harbors a great spiritual power — and who are we to disagree?

The ancient Maya civilisation first emerged sometime before 2000BC in an area that today comprises south-eastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador.

TNC Mexico’s environmental analysis had used a technology called lidar to estimate tree heights and canopy volumes in the southern tip of Mexico. With lidar, researchers use laser beams from ...

Ancient Mexico's solar calendar in the mountains identified. ... "In the 1940s, the tree line was way below the summit. Now there are trees growing in the summit itself," Ezcurra said.