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An illustration of the newly described eagle shark, which lived in an ancient seaway 93 million years ago.

'Winged' eagle shark soared through oceans 93 million years ago

By Laura Geggel published

A bizarre shark with wing-like side fins soared through an ancient sea 93 million years ago in what is now Mexico.

Sharks
A juvenile shortfin mako shark with a stab wound in his head washed ashore in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Shark gets stabbed in the head, washes ashore in Los Cabos

By Laura Geggel published

Dead sharks usually sink, so it's surprising to find one washed up onshore.

Sharks
People in Zultépec tried to hide the remains of murdered Spaniards in the town cisterns.

16th-century ritual sacrifice, cannibalism and bloody slaughter revealed in Mexican city

By Mindy Weisberger published

Conquistadors murdered hundreds of Acolhua people, a sister culture of the Aztecs, after members of a Spanish caravan in Mexico were captured, sacrificed and eaten.

Archaeology
Farmers found the 500-year-old statue of mysterious woman (left), who has a headdress that looks like the head ornamentation of "Star Wars" former Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano (right), whose Hasbro action figure is shown here.

Statue of mysterious woman with 'Star Wars'-like headdress found in Mexico

By Laura Geggel published

A 500-year-old limestone statue of an elite woman was found in central Mexico.

Archaeology
Archaeologists explore the vast Chiquihuite Cave in the Chiapas Highlands of northwest Mexico.

First Americans may have arrived to the continent 30,000 years ago

By Laura Geggel published

A cave in Mexico has human-made stone tools dating to about 30,000 years ago.

Archaeology
With only a flashlight to light the way, a CINDAQ diver explores the ancient ochre mine. At the end of the last ice age, these caves were dry, but would have been devoid of any natural light.

Ice age mining camp found 'frozen in time' in underwater Mexican cave

By Laura Geggel published

Cave divers found a mysterious passageway that led to an ice age ochre mine.

Archaeology
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the southern coast of Oaxaca, Mexico on June 23, 2020

Powerful 7.4 earthquake rocks southern Mexico, killing 1

By Brandon Specktor published

A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the southern coast of Oaxaca, Mexico this morning, killing at least one person.

Earthquakes
A 3D image of the Aguada Fénix site, reconstructed from data gathered during an aerial laser survey.

Oldest and largest Maya structure on record discovered in southern Mexico

By Laura Geggel published

A previously unknown Maya site in Tabasco, Mexico is the civilization's largest and oldest monumental structure on record.

Archaeology
Original artwork depicting the moment the asteroid struck 66 million years ago, in what is now Mexico.

Fiery meteor that doomed the dinosaurs struck at 'deadliest possible' angle

By Mindy Weisberger published

The asteroid that sealed the dinosaurs' fate at the end of the Cretaceous struck at an angle that was the worst-case scenario for life on Earth.

Dinosaurs
Mammoths congregated here during the last ice age, when it was on the shores of Lake Xaltocan.

A giant mammoth graveyard was just discovered outside Mexico City

By Laura Geggel published

Excavators have already found the remains of about 60 mammoths and 15 pre-Hispanic indigenous people.

Archaeology
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