Rescuing and releasing sea turtle hatchlings in Todos Santos, Mexico
Photos by Mariah Baumgartle
The sun is setting off the coast of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur and, even though we are in the tropics, we are bundled up in heavy, hooded sweatshirts and jeans to pr...
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Dealing with insects in your Mexico house and garden
Where The Butterflies Are
Our two friends from AmSoc told Mary and me about going to see the Monarch butterflies. Every year the Monarchs migrate from Canada and the US to their winter home in central Mexico. As they migrate, s...
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Did You Know? "Tlacuaches" (opossums )
Tlacuaches (opossums) are short-lived but smarter than most people imagine...
Imagine "a monstrous beast with a snout like a fox, a tail like a marmoset, ears like a bat, hands like a man, and feet li...
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Honeybees: have they emigrated to Mexico?
There's been a big U.S. flap over the fact that honeybees seem to have gone missing. North Americans are becoming alarmed that, without pollination, foods such as almonds, apples, blueberries, peaches,...
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The Baja Animal Rescue Team
Pets are a billion-dollar industry in the United States, but even for the U.S., homeless cats and dogs are a major problem. There is civic funding to established programs to help control the situation,...
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White pelicans on Lake Chapala
White Pelicans on Lake Chapala;
photo: John Mitchell, Earth Images Foundation
Granddaughter Kim couldn't resist. Our slender, pert redhead scampered along the flatland toward the water. Thousands o...
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