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A Chiapas zoo welcomes a newborn tapir, a conservation win for...
The birth is signficant because tapirs, which are related to horses, are threatened in Mexico by habitat fragmentation, deforestation, poaching, vehicle strikes and slow reproductive rates.
Discovering Mexico: La Unión
You might never have heard of it, but La Unión is secretly Mexico's best slice of oceanside life.
Oaxaca’s signature cantera verde has been recognized globally as a Heritage...
Known in English as green tuff, the colorful locally quarried building material has contributed to the state's architectural aesthetic for some five centuries.
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Mexico inaugurates a sterile fly facility in Chiapas to suppress the screwworm population
Since 2024, the cattle-killing parasite has been moving northward into Texas, prompting the U.S. to close its border to Mexican cattle imports.
Mexico in Numbers: All about the southern border
From the Great Maya Forest to busy crossings at Tapachula and Chetumal, Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala and Belize is a vital corridor for migration, trade and regional integration.
After fatal derailment, passenger service on the Interoceanic Train won’t resume until next year
Some 70 kilometers of new track will have to be laid to bypass the most dangerous part of the original route where the accident took place last December, killing 14 and injuring almost 100.
Mexico’s Sistema Huautla: The deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere
Beneath the mountains of Oaxaca lies the deepest cave system in the Americas, a subterranean world of wonder and unique discoveries.
Record 34 million olive ridley turtles hatch on Oaxaca coast
The Morro Ayuta beach sanctuary in Oaxaca hosted a record 1.9 million protected nests and more than 34 million olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings, marking a successful nesting season for the vulnerable species.
Armed men kill Oaxaca mayor who had requested government protection
According to party representatives, Mayor of San Miguel Amatitlán Joel Bravo had told state authorities that he feared for his life and asked for protection from the state government at a regional security meeting on May 11.
Tropical Storm Boris set to hit southwest Mexican coast on Monday night
Guerrero and Oaxaca can expect "torrential" rains by late Monday, especially along the coast between Lagunas de Chacahua, Oaxaca, and Tecpan, Guerrero. Acapulco is also on alert.
Saving the turtles of the Michoacán coast
Only five hours south of Guadalajara lies a small stretch of beach that is one of the three most important in the world for the olive ridley sea turtle.
First storm systems of the 2026 hurricane season form off Mexico’s west coast
Mexico's two major meteorological agencies, the SMN and Conagua, are predicting above-average storm activity in the Pacific this season, so forecasters are monitoring these two early systems closely.
16 striking teachers injured after town leaders attack blockade in Oaxaca
The violence has complicated an already tense situation, with the striking teachers abandoning negotiations and calling for the jailing of the mayor of the town where the attack took place.
