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A jaguar has been spotted in Honduras's Sierra del Merendón mountains for the first time in 10 years, proving that protected wildlife corridors work. The young male was recorded at 7,200 feet, the highest elevation ever documented for these endangered big cats.
Deep in Chiapas' misty mountains, one of the world's most spectacular birds thrives in protected forests that safeguard nearly 1,000 plant species and hundreds of rare animals. The resplendent quetzal, once sacred to Maya kings, now attracts nature lovers to Mexico's "Galapagos of the Cloud Forests."
A jaguar appeared on a trail camera in Honduras' highest mountains for the first time in a decade, proving that conservation efforts are working. The male jaguar was spotted just two meters from where the first sighting occurred exactly 10 years and 2 days earlier.
A father's love for his son inspired him to abandon hotel plans and instead create Blanco Pitaya, a cloud forest reserve protecting one of Mexico's rarest ecosystems. Just four hours from Mexico City, the reserve uses ecotourism and river cleanups to save a habitat that shelters ocelots, rare frogs, and thousands of species.
Bolivia just safeguarded 660 square miles of pristine cloud forest and rainforest that's home to over 1,300 species. The new reserves connect existing parks to create a wildlife corridor larger than Texas's Big Bend National Park.