A coalition has begun an effort to bring back Tulare Lake and its once-vast wetlands on thousands of acres of farmland in the ...

President Sheinbaum reiterated on Tuesday that her government doesn't agree with "treating migrants as criminals" after a ...

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

From jaguars to shooting stars, these rare and meaningful Náhuatl names are steeped in centuries of culture, cosmic symbolism ...

The Uncomfortable Giant harvested from a lake in Peru, now sits in Mexico City, a sinking city built on top of Lake Texcoco. (Arturo Arrieta/Courtesy LIGA) The creature’s tail erupts from the ...

Mexico City’s origins date back to 1325, when the Aztecs settled on an island in Texcoco Lake. In 1521, the Spanish conquistadors defeated the indigenous people.

Noting that 64% of the world's wetlands have already disappeared, Andrés Morales welcomed the new UNESCO designation for a lake wetland so important for biodiversity and ecosystem conservation in the ...

Axolotls lived happily for a long time in Lake Texcoco, overlooked by the smouldering volcano, Popocatépetl. In around 1300 the Aztecs showed up, looking for a new home.

According to archaeologists, this artificial waterway connected to Lake Texcoco and functioned as a sort of aquatic highway for small boats. María de Lourdes López Camacho, an INAH researcher and ...

September 4, 2024 — Editor’s note: Paul Biasco first wrote about the Lake Texcoco Ecological Park for Ensia in early 2020. Here, the author revisits the park as it’s set to open to provide an update ...

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.