Saying these Jesuits who were dedicated to the indigenous Raramuri were killed by a sick criminal is the easy answer but not a complete one.
Stories by Omar Vidal
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Mexico’s whale sharks still hold onto many of their secrets
As numbers shrink worldwide, scientists still know little about these massive sea creatures found in Mexico’s Caribbean and Pacific waters.
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When this man and an orphaned manatee met in 2003, they became family
Scientist Benjamín Morales and manatee Daniel’s story shows how recognizing wildlife’s sentience is key to saving them from extinction.
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Inside a cenote — the doorway to Mexico’s underworld
Omar Vidal gets a close-up view of life in eternal darkness and the mysterious aquatic world underneath the Yucatán Peninsula.
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To the brave people of Ukraine, a society in desperate need of peace
The heartbreaking images of suffering coming out of the war-torn country as Russia invades are the stuff of the writer’s nightmares.
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The biggest threat to Mexico’s monarch butterflies: human indifference
As 2022 begins, Omar Vidal issues a plea to everyone to get to know these pollinators and save them and their migration.
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Through prehistory, conquest and modernity, Oaxaca’s magic still beguiles
For centuries, the Zapotec, Mixtec and others evolved in tune with the nature around them, not in spite of it, something still true today.
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Can Mexico be a leader at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow?
With its recent hard pivot to fossil fuels, Mexico’s pledges at the COP26 global summit may fall seriously short in fighting global warming.
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Five questions for Conacyt’s director about Mexico’s offensive on science
Scientist Omar Vidal has some burning questions for María Elena Álvarez-Buylla about the nation’s current state of academic freedom.
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Mexico and Colombia’s commonalities include both blessings and curses
The two Latin American countries have shared a centuries-old fraternity; they also share similar labyrinthian sociopolitical challenges.
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A close encounter with nesting sea turtles in El Cuyo proves magical
Researchers take the overnight shift in El Cuyo, Yucatán, to mark the nests of female green turtles who arrive in the dark to lay their eggs.
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Guaymas: the pearl of the Sea of Cortés where I surrendered my heart
The port city has seen Spanish conquerors, a French pirate, and John Steinbeck. Its diverse natural landscape will take your breath away.
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On Earth Day, let’s rejoice in the immensity of the feminine
Omar Vidal asks us to ponder the female members of the animal kingdom, many of whom endure great adversity to continue the species.
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NASA’s hunt for life’s origins on Mars echoes an ongoing search in Mexico
In the Chihuahuan Desert’s Cuatrociénegas Valley, Mexican scientists are studying the evolution of extraterrestial life in the universe.
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Mexico’s fishermen adapt, innovate while government lags behind: expert
Omar Vidal interviews sustainable fisheries advocate Jorge Torre on the ‘mismatch’ between industry needs and the pace of federal policy.
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El Golfo de Santa Clara and the seaside gold rush
The upper Gulf of California is haunted by poverty and the despair born of decades of government neglect and mismanagement.
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Mexico lost two years on environment but AMLO gets benefit of doubt
AMLO’s election raised environmental expectations but today the government’s relationship with environmentalists has reached an all-time low.
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President needs to demonstrate that environment is a priority
The film Soylent Green triggers thoughts on how the three most populous nations in the Americas see the environment—or how they don’t see it.
