Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to ...

Organizations like Humedalia are working to preserve Xochimilco's traditional agriculture and stop environmental degradation.

Ancestral floating gardens are visible next to new soccer fields on Xochimilco Lake in Mexico City, Oct. 20, 2024. Credit: AP/Felix Marquez Before the Spaniards conquered Mexico-Tenochtitlan in ...

“This great system (chinampas) is all that’s left from the lake city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, so I always tell our visitors that Xochimilco is a living archeological zone,” Cruz said.