The spotted, slender, impossibly agile Margay (Leopardus wiedii), stalking the forests of South and Central America, is one of nature’s most elusive wildcats. One of the smaller cats and sometimes mistaken for an Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), the Margay...
A fascinating research paper, which has been four years in the making, has just been published by Roberto Pedraza, Sub-director of GESG, one of WLT’s partners in Mexico. Written by Roberto in collaboration with some friends of his, including Herpetologist Alejandro Calzada, the paper documents the...
Pati Ruiz Corzo is an inspirational change-maker in Mexico’s nature conservation movement. As Founder and Director of Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (GESG) she leads the way for bottom-up solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises, by and for local people. Previously working as a music teacher...
A Thaos Swallowtail butterfly, also known as the King Swallowtail, photographed at REGUA, Brazil. Image credit: Chris Knowles. “Flowers that fly and all but sing” - Robert Frost, 1923 Butterflies have been used in art for centuries, right back to Egyptian frescoes more than 3,500 years ago, and...
Ancient forests in the heart of Mexico are being lost to illegal logging and manmade fires, destroying trees that are hundreds of years old and a rich habitat home to Mexican wildlife. We have launched our latest campaign to raise £57,800 and protect 578 acres of these forests in Sierra Gorda...
