A Conversation About a Dwarf Sperm Whale
By: Abelardo Castillo Rosas, Associate Specialist in Human Geography and Wildlife, CEDO | Cover photo: Heather and Andrew Hodgson Stranded dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) | Photo: Abelardo Castillo On September 17 at noon, at the Puerto Peñasco dock, a group of people found a...
The rescue of a Whale
By: Abelardo Castillo | Associate Specialist in Social Geography and Wildlife Management. CEDO Intercultural On the morning of July 7, 2021, a fin whale Balaenoptera physalus was found stranded alive at El Mirador beach in Puerto Peñasco. The beached whale was reported to the local...
Explorers: First Expeditions in the Gulf of California and the Sonoran Desert—The Pimería Alta
By: Abelardo Castillo Rosas. CEDO Intercultural The main impulse of the first Spanish explorers in what is currently Northwestern Mexico and Southwestern United States was the possibility of discovering such riches as those that had been found in the great civilizations including the Aztec, the...
Solar Energy, a Clean, Accessible, and Inexhaustible Energy for Sustainable Development
The Sun is the center of our lives and the main source of energy. In the history of humanity, the sun has been a fundamental element in cultures and religions. We currently use the sun’s energy to produce electricity, to heat water and cook, to...
