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Posada's <em>Gran Calavera Eléctrica</em> anticipates electric trolleys being introduced to Mexico City. In it, a standing skeleton hypnotizes a seated one.
art

The Endlessly Adaptable Skeletons of José Guadalupe Posada

Calaveras created by the Mexican artist have been repurposed for generations, with wildly varying intent.
Cara Giaimo May 8, 2018
A quilt from the Migrant Quilt Project. The quilts list names of migrants who died in the Arizona desert and incorporate personal items found along migrant routes, such as jeans and handkerchiefs.
art

The Migrant Quilt Project Remembers Lives Lost Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Each quilt represents one year of fatalities and incorporates personal items found in the desert.
Katherine Davis-Young November 17, 2017
Rows of sugar skulls.
skulls

The Sweet Secrets of a Fifth-Generation Sugar Skull Maker

Elvira Mondragón Garcia's products range from the size of a gum ball to a human head.
Ximena N. Larkin November 1, 2017
underwater

The Yucatán's Hidden 'Underwater River'

There's something fascinating happening at Angelita Cenote.
Michael Waters July 6, 2017
animals

Found: A Scorpion on an Airplane

It's been a bad week for United Airlines.
Erik Shilling April 13, 2017
From left, clowns Marcelo, Trompo Trompito and Piskachin.
clowns

The Subversive, Non-Creepy Charm of Mexican Street Clowns

They are ubiquitous.
Jonathan Coumes November 9, 2016
butterflies

Mexico Just Shut Down a Lot of Sawmills in its Massive Monarch Butterfly Reserve

It's also a United Nations World Heritage Site.
Erik Shilling September 21, 2016
forests

The Incredible Cloud Forests of Mexico

A journey into the fragile ecosystem threatened by coffee, logging and climate change.
Erik Vance, Dominic Bracco II / Prime, and bioGraphic September 19, 2016
deserts

A Chinese Billionaire is Likely Behind a Huge Aluminum Stockpile in the Mexican Desert

Almost six percent of the world's supply.
Erik Shilling September 9, 2016
medieval

Found: An Ancient Mexican Codex-Within-a-Codex

Researchers used lightwaves to discover a hidden palimpsest.
Eric Grundhauser August 22, 2016
dancing

Watch These Death-Defying Mexican Dancers Fly

In a centuries-old tradition, the performers leap from a 100-foot pole.
Atlas Obscura July 25, 2016
ancient

Some 14,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bones Were Found Near Mexico City

The animal was probably cut up by humans after its death.
Erik Shilling June 27, 2016
poison

The Incredible Coincidence of a Poisonous Tree Growing Next to Its Antidote

These trees, found in Mexico and parts of Central America, are an arborlogical wonder.
John Peck June 6, 2016
tunnels

This Secret Tunnel Could Solve the Mysteries of an Ancient Mexican Civilization

Not much is known about Teotihuacán.
Erik Shilling May 19, 2016
food

Everything You Know About Mole Sauce Is A Lie

If what you know is that mole's most important ingredient is chocolate.
Dan Nosowitz May 12, 2016
House of Laments
Guanajuato, Mexico

House of Laments

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.
festivals

Video Wonder: Mexico's Exploding Hammers

Urvija Banerji February 9, 2016
china

China’s Appetite for Smuggled Fish Bladders is Killing Cute Porpoises in Mexico

Tao Tao Holmes January 25, 2016