Lake Texcoco in México state has been designated an Ecohydrology Demonstration Site by UNESCO, the first of its kind in ...

In the second part of our series, we take a look at how more Mexican states' names came to be and what they mean today.

Months ago, we booked a vacation to Mexico City with friends. It has been one of those trips that never seemed like it would ...

Roughly 700 years ago, they spotted the eagle in the cactus eating the snake on an island in Lake Texcoco, a large shallow lake. The Aztecs proceeded to build their city there, going to great ...

The Aztecs came into being when three of the most powerful city-states around Lake Texcoco, Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan, united to control what is now central Mexico. The Aztec Empire was ...

Not to mention other difficulties, such as the ground, since Mexico City was built on an islet of Lake Texcoco. So how to make what would be the tallest tower in Latin America - until then it was the ...

Mexico celebrates the registration of Lake Texcoco as its first Ecohydrology Demonstration Site by UNESCO, a designation approved by the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the ...

The lake was always known for its pristine waters, but in 2013 scientists published research on the lake’s clarity, revealing that, like pure water, it had a visibility of between 70 and 80 ...