Axolotl
Preservation Project

Restoring Lake Chalco

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The axolotl's decline began when Spanish conquerors started draining the lakes. They which were further emptied over time as a water...

Left is the valley of Mexico before the development of Mexico City. On the right is today (Lake Chalco is found at the red pin). Wild...

The water temperature in Lake Chalco rarely rises above 20 °C (68 °F), though it may fall to 7 °C (45 °F) in the winter, and perhaps...

As a Mexican delicacy, Axolotls were widely hunted in the past, and were listed in 2010 as critically endangered. Lake Chalco contains...

Other native species benefiting from the preservation of Lake Chalco include the Chirostoma Jordan, P. minimum & T. Aztecae, and...

Lake Chalco provides a service of history and research. This lake contain sediments that have imprints of the tectonic and volcanic...

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