Category Archives: Wildlife

Fireflies, Meteors and Milky Way at Sierra de Organos National Park

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Allan Wall

This photograph is NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day for August 2nd, 2025. It was photographed on July 29th and 30th at Mexico’s Sierra de Organos National Park (Parque Nacional Sierra de Órganos) in Zacatecas state. Here is NASA’s explanation: … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography, Tourism and Travel, Wildlife | Tagged Astronomy, Fireflies, Meteors, NASA, Sierra de Organos National Park, Zacatecas State | Leave a comment

Two Jaguars Caught on Camera Near Chichen Itza

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Allan Wall

The ruins of the Maya city of Chichen Itza are located in eastern Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Recently the site was taken over by protesting teachers , temporarily. A few days later, on the night of June 15th, jaguars appeared on … Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeology, Wildlife | Tagged Castillo Pyramid, Chichen Itza, Jaguars, Maya, The Maya, Yucatan Peninsula | Leave a comment

Mountain Lion Catches a Cat in Monterrey

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Allan Wall

Sierra Alta, a residential sector in the mountains of southern Monterrey (Nuevo Leon state), had an unexpected visitor when a skinny mountain lion pursued and caught a domestic cat, apparently killing it and taking it away. You can watch the … Continue reading →

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Beavers in Monterrey

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Allan Wall

The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) mostly inhabits the United States and Canada. But now this busy and industrious critter is expanding its range in Mexico, even in the urban area of Monterrey. (The Spanish term for beaver is castor.) … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife | Tagged Beavers, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, La Silla River, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Santa Catarina River | Leave a comment

Cuatro Cienegas Basin Seen From Space

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Allan Wall

Cuatro Cienegas is located in the state of Coahuila in northern Mexico. In Spanish you might see it written as one word (Cuatrociénegas) or two (Cuatro Ciénegas). It’s an interesting area. Cuatro Ciénegas means “Four Marshes”. In current scientific terminology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography, Tourism and Travel, Wildlife | Tagged Cienega, Coahuila, Cuatro Cienegas, Endemic Species, Mexican Constitution, Venustiano Carranza | Leave a comment

Chinese/Mexican “Dragon Cartel” Moves “Cocaine of the Sea” Through Vancouver Port in Exchange for Fentanyl Ingredients

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Allan Wall

You can’t make this stuff up. Mexican and Chinese criminals have teamed up to form a new criminal organization – the “Dragon Cartel”, which is moving the “cocaine of the sea” (the swim bladder of the endangered totoaba fish) through … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Wildlife | Tagged Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), China, Dragon Cartel, Fentanyl, Luis Horacio Najera, Michelle Ghousoub, Sea of Cortes, Sinaloa Cartel, Totoaba, Vancouver Port, Vaquita | 1 Comment

Can Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise Survive?

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Allan Wall

The vaquita, scientific name Phocoena sinus, is a type of porpoise which is endemic to Mexico. The vaquita livesin the northern partof the Sea of Cortes(pictured on the right), also called the Gulf of California or Vermilion Sea, a body of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Wildlife | Tagged China, Poaching, Sea of Cortes, Totoaba, Vaquita | Leave a comment