Mexico

Mexico

A close-up of an axolotl

Axolotls guide: what are they, what do they eat, and do they make good pets?

Increasingly popular as pets thanks to their appearance in the Minecraft computer game, axolotls are Critically Endangered amphibians endemic to Mexico.

An octopus photographed underwater. Its body is a range of colours, mostly patterned brown and yellow, with yellow eyes. It is surrounded by a seaweed and a fish swims past it.

24 of the new species discovered in 2021

Discover some of the new species around the world that have been recently discovered by scientists, from a tiny chameleon to a spider named after Greta Thunberg

This female bobcat had kittens on the Mexican side and used to cross to the USA almost on a daily basis in order to find food for her little ones. © Alejandro Prieto

Across the borderline

In 2016, Donald Trump promised to build a “big, beautiful wall” between the USA and Mexico, but – beneath the political furore – the impact of this monolithic barrier on wildlife has largely gone unseen. Wildlife photographer Alejandro Prieto has been documenting the impacts.

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Once Again Being a Mother: Jaguars in mangroves: a relationship rarely seen. This mother named “Janis” in an intimate moment with her cub, is a mangrove resident and has reproduced at least three times. Research teams have monitored jaguar populations in mangroves in Nayarit, western Mexico. © Victor Hugo Luja Molina, Mexico

Mangrove Photography Awards 2020

View the winner and runner-up images from the sixth Mangrove Photography Awards competition.

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