THE BOTANICAL JOURNAL

At the center of the ancient world are the people surrounded by the passing of time and space. The rising and setting of celestial bodies along various points on the...

Standing atop a rocky hill enjoying an expansive view, we ponder a whitish haze hemming the San Andres mountain range like a ruffled petticoat. Posted maps outline the view and...

Mexico City is one of the largest urban centers in the world covering 573 square miles in the Valley of Mexico. Today's bustling metropolis geologically began as a terminal or...

"The major problems of the world are the result of the difference between the way nature works and the way people think." Gregory Bateson, British Anthropologist Lucky for the Texian...

Maguey is a native agave to Mexico and the American Southwest. American agave or Agave americana has migrated the globe via the hands of explorers, plant hunters, and landscapers. Everywhere...

In 2018 the spectacular ruins of Tulum became the second most visited archeological site in Mexico surpassing Chichén Itzá. Over seventy-five percent of the annual visitors are foreigners. Cody and I visited...

In South Texas along the Pecos river, mighty canyons slice apart the desert floor. Since the time of dinosaurs, the erosive force of rains and floods have shaped the limestone canyons. Archaeological records date the earliest inhabitants...

  What do the crystal tourmaline waters of a Mexican cenote and extinction have in common? Well, everything.   Approximately 66 million years ago, a large asteroid crashed into the...