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Birds lying dead after collapsing to the ground due to dehydration and heat stroke amidst a heat wave in the states of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi, Mexico, undated. According to authorities, temperatures were up to 54 degrees Celsius, which the birds cannot tolerate. (Selva Teenek Ecopark/Newsflash)

Searing Mexican Heatwave Kills Parrots In Mid Air

Post author:Simona Kitanovska
Post published:May 23, 2024

Aftermath of a killer heatwave that is devastating populations of birds and animals in Mexico. Stricken creatures have been simply dropping dead as extreme temperatures soar to up to 54…

Illustrative image shows Michoacan coast, Mexico undated. A 13-year-old boy died in after being attacked by rabid bats. (Newsflash)

Mexican Teen Dies From Rabies After Bite From Bat Went Untreated

Post author:Aloysius Fernandes
Post published:May 13, 2024

A teenage boy in Mexico has died from rabies after being bitten by a rabid bat. The State Health Secretariat confirmed the death of the 13-year-old boy after he was…

Picture shows a specimen of an southern elephant seal (M. leonina) on the beach of Puerto Penasco, Mexcio, on Saturday, April 8, 2023. It was a male elephant seal measuring 3 metres in length and weighing close to one ton. (@gobiernoptopco/Newsflash)

Elephant Seal Spotted On Mexican Beach Could Be World’s Biggest

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:April 13, 2023

A large elephant seal that was spotted on a beach near a Mexican resort town could be the largest of its kind in the world today. The male southern elephant…

Veterinarian treats the Bengal tiger during the transfer to a Zoo, undated. Police discovered the female tiger during a search in Rioverde, Mexico, it was transferred to the Mexquitic Zoo, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (@proteccioncivil.slp/Newsflash)

Cops Searching For Three Missing Women Find Endangered Tiger In Ranch Raid

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:November 21, 2022

Police searching for three missing women at a remote Mexican ranch were astonished when they found an endangered Bengal tigress in an enclosure. The incident took place near the city…

Picture shows Maria Salud Ramirez Caballero, 109, undated. She inspired the character 'Mama Coco' in the animated film, Coco, and died in her hometown of Santa Fe de la Laguna, Mexico, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (Newsflash)

Mexican Gran Who Inspired Disney’s ‘Coco’ Dies

Post author:William McGee
Post published:October 26, 2022

The woman who inspired the hit animated movie 'Coco' has died in her Mexican hometown aged 109. Maria Salud Ramirez Caballero died in Santa Fe de la Laguna, Michoacan State,…

Picture shows a Giant oarfish in the bed of a pickup truck, gasping for air in Sinaloa, Mexico, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. The fish lives in the deep see, and it is believed that it can be seen before an earthquake, causing panic with its appetence on social networks. (CEN)

Could Appearance Of Deep Sea Oarfish Mean Huge Quake Is Coming?

Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
Post published:October 17, 2022

This is the sight that has got traditional believers quaking in their boots over fears that a huge seismic shock could be coming. A two-metre-long deep sea oarfish (Regalecus glense)…

The items given by the family in Spain are seen in Mexico facilities in an undated picture. They are kept by the INAH in the Museum of Templo Mayor. (Gerardo Torres-INAH/Newsflash)

Real-Life Indiana Joneses Use Hotel Ashtray To Date When Ancient Artefacts Were Looted

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:August 4, 2022

Experts tracking a collection of more than 2,000 ancient Mexican treasures have been helped by five-cent coins and a hotel ashtray stashed with them. Officials from the Mexican National Institute…

Huge crocodile captured in Rio Bravo in May 2022. (@USBorderPatrol/Newsflash)

Are Giant Crocs Being Used To Police Mexican Border

Post author:Martin Barillas
Post published:May 24, 2022

Giant alligators have been released into the Rio Grande to deter illegal migrants from crossing the border river to the US, reports Mexican media. The scare emerged after US Border…

Debanhi Escobar, 18, (pictured) who was missing since 9th April 2022, was found dead in the cistern of the Nueva Castilla motel in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico on 22nd April 2022. (@debanhi.escobar.3/Newsflash)

Body Of Missing Teen In Viral Snap Found In Cistern Of Abandoned Motel

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:May 10, 2022

The body of an 18-year-old Mexican woman whose image went viral after she was snapped standing by the road shortly before she disappeared two weeks ago has been found in…

Police seized a jaguar cub (Panthera onca), estimated at 3-months-old, at the Merida Airport, Mexico. (@PROFEPA_Mx/Newsflash)

Trafficked Jaguar Cub Emerges From Tiny Box

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:April 29, 2022

A tiny jaguar cub sealed in a box by suspected wildlife traffickers has been rescued by airport staff. The cute male cub - just three months old - emerged blinking…