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.

A figure of an axolotl sits on display at a museum in Xochimilco Ecological Park, in Mexico City (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) From ...

Guided tours at Carlsbad Caverns National Park have been suspended, an Albuquerque-based tribal college has no tutors left ...

According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god’s passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a ...

A few hundred people gathered on Modesto’s Tenth Street Plaza at noon Monday to protest for immigrant rights. There were Mexican flags, chants, Aztec dancing and lots of supportive honking as ...

Before the Spaniards conquered Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the 16th century, axolotl may not have had archeological representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or ...

“A lot of their people are worried about the immigration ... In last year’s parade, about 200 members walked or did Mexican folk dances in feathered Aztec headdresses and other traditional ...

Before Spanish colonization, Templo Mayor served as the religious center for the Aztec people. When Spanish conquistadors ... was unearthed in the heart of Mexico City. Today, the area remains ...