Onchain conservation for Mexico’s axolotls

Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 30 — on podcast 19 we're joined by Dulce Díaz of Pregúntale al Biólogo, who with humor and empathy finally makes science land; she shares her field experience relocating nests and watching thousands of sea-turtle hatchlings born; Javier Ortega Quezada, our first Xovi subscriber, sponsors Larva 1, now named Patito; and we reflect on the culture of communicating science with purpose.

Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 29 — we honor Panchita and Goldy, two deeply felt losses: with Panchita the A. andersoni line closes and new specimens arrive next week; El Ajolote Observado keeps receiving artwork until August 7, one for each axolotl behavior; and a podcast preview: Dulce Díaz of Pregúntale al biólogo joins us.

Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 28 — the Monday water tests are now streamed live, on the way to automated camera readings; we discuss how hard it is to keep an axolotl in captivity and why buying one as a pet usually condemns it; and we launch El Ajolote Observado, an art open call with 35 works, one for each axolotl behavior documented on Xovi.

Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 27 — we welcome our first special guest to the podcast: Dr. Raciel Cruz, an expert on Ambystoma velasci, the wild axolotl, who explains why fieldwork and the lab complement each other; we talk about the Pokémon with axolotl gills and the Asian giant salamander that resembles it; and with Xovi you can now adopt an axolotl from the Biomuseo without leaving home and take part in citizen science.

Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 26 — the vet visited the axolotls on Monday for their biannual deworming, we weighed each one and checked their health; Lupita and May, the collaborators who keep Xolotlcalli running day to day, join us on the podcast; and Xovi subscriptions are now live, to support Xolotlcalli and take part by capturing behaviors. Next week we are joined by Dr. Raciel Cruz, of the UAQ's Ecology and Faunal Diversity Academic Group and an expert on Ambystoma velasci.

Pulso AxoloDAO · Week 25 — the A. mexicanum larvae spiked ammonia to 1 ppm in their small tank and have moved into the big system, healthy and feeding; we tell the origin of Xovi, from ETHGlobal San Francisco 2024 to the collaboration with Inteli toward recording the biodiversity of Mexico and Brazil; and we open a call with Querétaro's Secretaría de Cultura for local artists to illustrate the axolotl's 108 behaviors. Next week, our first special guest and the giant salamanders that look like axolotls.