Laboratorio de Restauración Ecológica, UNAM
Food & FarmingChinampa Refuges: Aztec Farm Islands Turned Axolotl Sanctuaries
Mexico City's last Aztec-era floating farms are being rebuilt as clean-water refuges for the axolotl — and the farmers who maintain them are the conservation strategy.
36chinampasChinampas restored as axolotl refuges
6,000axolotls per km2Wild axolotl density in Xochimilco, 1996