Xochimilco, nestled in the heart of Mexico City, is home to the 'chinamperos,' farmers who have used indigenous techniques to ...

Xochimilco, nestled in the heart of Mexico City, is home to the ‘chinamperos,’ farmers who have used indigenous techniques to ...

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Using environmental DNA analysis and traditional fishing techniques, researchers are seeking answers about the current ...

Axolotls are a type of salamander native to Mexico. In recent years, they have risen to popularity due to their inclusion in ...

Another chapter spotlights the raised fields that the Xochimilca people erected in Mexico’s Lake Xochimilco, the organic vestiges of which still grow crops and—thanks to the beds ...

(via PBS Terra) In the southern part of Mexico City lies Xochimilco, a maze of canals filled with boats ... smiling salamander called the axolotl.

Axolotls: Known for their remarkable regenerative abilities, axolotls can regrow body parts, including limbs, tails, and even parts of their brains ...

In the last big survey of axolotls in Xochimilco in 2014, they numbered no more than 35 per square kilometer, down from 6,000 in 1998. Mexican researchers said a new survey, due this summer ...

XOCHIMILCO, Mexico—A homely aquatic salamander ... Fortnite and Pokémon and inspiring a McDonald’s Happy Meal toy. Where the axolotl can barely be found: in its natural habitat in Mexico.

(bright music) - This maze of canals is one of the last remnants of a lake system that ... and save the last wild axolotls of Mexico City. (gentle music) Xochimilco is a bustling borough in ...

They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have ...