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Guadalajara painter Jorge Monroy’s last two murals depicted the city’s most beloved public figure, Fray (Friar) Antonio Alcalde. So guess who is the subject of his most recent work, which has been transformed into his first outdoor mosaic?

Many years ago, while hiking through the Primavera Forest, I stumbled upon a strange sight that I quickly found myself calling “The Great Wall.”

Slavery has probably been around since the first humans appeared on Earth and has taken a wide variety of forms.

Thanks to an impulse from Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican woman in space, 100 Mexican youths from 13 to 15 years of age are participating in a unique Space Camp, consisting of workshops where they learn a variety of disciplines related to aeronautics and space travel.

Julio Álvarez, a self-taught ornithologist and highly skilled nature photographer, lives in Ahualulco de Mercado, a small town located an hour’s drive west of Guadalajara.

Tequila is conquering the world, but the world is paying a price for it. In Mexico’s tequila-producing territory, trees are cut down, unique archaeological sites are plowed under and for seven years the agaves are bathed in highly toxic pesticides.