The American black bear ( Ursus americanus eremicus ) is the largest terrestrial carnivore in Mexico and a keystone species in the mountain ecosystems of the northern part of the country. In the Sierra Maderas del Carmen region of Coahuila , one of the most important and ecologically functional populations of this species is found, notable not only for its stability but also for its fundamental role in biological connectivity processes on a continental scale. Image by:

foto: Gabriela Pérez A local brigade strengthens early response and fire prevention in the Sierra del Carmen The Maderas del Carmen Museum has taken a key step in its commitment to active conservation by forming a brigade specialized in fighting forest fires, which responded to its first incident on March 4th. This intervention marked the beginning of a coordinated effort of early detection and immediate response, in collaboration with institutions such as the Coahuila Minist

¿Por qué se le llama enclave ígneo? El origen sedimentario de la zona se asocia con el levantamiento de roca marina a finales del período Cretácico y principios del Paleógeno,  aproximadamente entre 80 y 50 millones de años. Más tarde, el origen volcánico surgió durante el Terciario Medio , hace 40 a 20 millones de años, dando lugar a importantes formaciones ígneas. Hoy es posible observar diversos afloramientos de rocas ígneas, particularmente en las proximidades del río Bra

by Ing. Hugo Sotelo Gallardo PhD in Wildlife Management and Sustainable Development. On the eastern side of the Sierra del Carmen, the first flying nyctosaur reptile discovered in Mexico was found, belonging to the genus of pterosaur pterodactyloids, which lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 90 million years ago. It was described in 2006 and named Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis in honor of the city of Múzquiz and the state of Coahuila. The name means “wing of Múzquiz”

In the October 2000 issue of Texas Monthly , journalist Joe Nick Patoski explores the stunning Maderas del Carmen reserve in Coahuila,...