During the Day of the Dead, the cempasúchil, or marigold, is believed to guide spirits back home. In Mexico City, people who lost a loved one to Covid use the flower to honor their dead.
Over the years, the tradition has been the focus of the Disney film Coco. A Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City was also ...
The flower is native to Mexico and Central America ... which was set during the holiday and won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The new awareness has been a blessing and a curse, ...
Cassandra Garduno squinted in the sunlight, her pink boots smudged by dirt as she gazed out over her family’s chinampa — one ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s midnight on the fringes of Mexico City, and the San Gregorio Pantheon is not just alive, it’s booming. The roar of mariachis echoes over families adorning the graves ...
Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa, named after the Scripps family group that helped fund the study, has a pentagonal body and ...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern New Mexico is home to 119 known caves, including North America's largest cave chamber, the Big Room.
In the hallways of La Escuelita Arcoiris in Squirrel Hill, there is a buzz around Day of the Dead. The holiday's roots go ...
Whether it's digging up the dead in Madagascar or a striptease in Taiwan, different cultures have unique rituals to mark a person's passing.The pharaohs of ancient Egypt were embalmed, as were several ...
The Center for Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for delaying critically needed Endangered Species Act protections for the Clover’s cactus and ...