Sharing a video of Catemaco 🇲🇽 for #WorldLakeDay, surrounded by the volcanic Sierra de Los Tuxtlas and some patches of the original rainforest. It’s one of the sampling sites in our eDNA project.

Highway to Tuxtla Gutiérrez was closed. The bus driver had to take the old road crossing La Sepultura natural reserve. It was winding, scary and beautiful. 🌎

Iguanas (Ctenosaura similis) are hatching in southern Mexico! If all goes well, these cuties will become large spiny tailed lizards. They seem common and adapted to human environments. However, they are under hunting pressure and affected by urbanization. 🦎🌎🧪