Tenochtitlán's 700th anniversary will be celebrated in July with a series of events at several of the modern capital’s ...

At the center of the emerging park is Lake Texcoco, a historic reservoir that’s largely drained — but if replenished could provide some relief from the city’s water crisis.

Mexico celebrates the registration of Lake Texcoco as its first Ecohydrology Demonstration Site by UNESCO, a designation approved by the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the ...

Ahuautle, the eggs of the axayacatl, a type of water bug on pine needles, after harvesting at Lake Texcoco near Mexico City on Sept. 20. Fernando Llano / AP.

In Mexico City, the rate of subsidence is alarming, with some areas sinking at a rate of up to 20 inches per year. The city’s foundation, built on the ancient lakebed of Lake Texcoco, is ...

September 4, 2024 — Editor’s note: Paul Biasco first wrote about the Lake Texcoco Ecological Park for Ensia in early 2020. ... It’s unusually dry in this former lake bed in the Valley of Mexico. It ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village in Mexico City, ... the rural village must have had trade links with other Teotihuacan settlements on the shore of Lake Texcoco.