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Since the 1930s, Maya beekeepers have made the Yucatán into a world-class honey producer. But the rapidly expanding presence of Old Colony Mennonites could change that.https://on.natgeo.com/2VMRia3 

By creating an arts institution in one of the poorest parts of the world, the hope is to not only draw the art world’s attention, but also to reclaim some of the wealth they’ve long been denied.https://on.natgeo.com/2v6KdFH 

Many people need to live relatively close to where they work, so they wind up living in their cars. Without that reliable commute to whatever paycheck they earn, they’ll never afford housing.https://on.natgeo.com/2UyYIkJ 

Don't miss the next episode of Hostile Planet—Mondays at 9/8c on National Geographichttps://on.natgeo.com/2HXbgLo 

In grasslands, animals don’t need to navigate the freezing temperatures of craggy mountains, or deal with marine perils like plastic debris and warming seas. But it’s the very traits that make grasslands appealing that are putting them at risk.https://on.natgeo.com/2UiZvBo 

"We're in the very beginning stages of understanding how animals perceive death," says Amy Porter, one of the lead researchers with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.https://on.natgeo.com/2P6sJlO 

"I don’t know of many other places where you can ski, mountain bike, raft, fly fish, and paraglide in the same spring weekend, all in such a beautiful setting."https://on.natgeo.com/2GpvDQd 

Even if you’re not particularly interested in how megacities shape human behavior, Tokyo is unavoidable—it has already changed your life.https://on.natgeo.com/2KwO8WK 

The African elephant has the biggest ears of any living animal, but the jerboa has ears that are two-thirds as long as its body.https://on.natgeo.com/2Ixyloe 

There are a quarter million people living in Bidibidi. Now the goal is to build a livable city out of the refugee camp, one that might endure even if the refugees can return home someday.https://on.natgeo.com/2P7UE52 

Wandering off trail is the number one reason, ahead of injury and bad weather, that adult hikers require search and rescue. And losing the trail can happen to anyone.https://on.natgeo.com/2Ui22vs 

Abolishing gender-specific barriers in farming would not only empower women to achieve their highest economic potential, it could help feed a hungry world. #sponsored @PepsiCohttps://on.natgeo.com/2DbMwvr 

For millennia, our relationship with mountains was defined by fear. They were perilous obstacles, best avoided. Only in the 18th century, did our trepidation evolve into active adventuring.https://on.natgeo.com/2v4oY7f 

Many of the indigenous peoples of the Cordillera Mountains have have converted to Christianity. But when a loved one dies, they often turn to the rituals their ancestors have handed down for generations.https://on.natgeo.com/2G7OFZS 

Each year about 30 wolves are killed or poisoned in retaliation for agricultural damages, but a small group of researchers and locals are working to improve the situation for both sides.https://on.natgeo.com/2UYqyWO 

If the planet is there, it’s at least six times more massive than Earth—making it what’s called a super-Earth—and it takes 1,936 days to loop once around its star.https://on.natgeo.com/2Dbuaed 

Since 2001, the evening of April 12 has been celebrated every year as Yuri’s Night—a global event to honor Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to blast into space.https://on.natgeo.com/2UEciDC