pinacate reserve

Pinacate Pancho, the red-tailed hawk of the Desert of Altar

Pancho, a red tailed hawk residing at the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve who has become a friend to Pinacate staff, is a visiting “intruder” that may be spotted roaming the skies of the Desert of Altar as easily as entering the office to pull at computer cables. Rescued two years ago by the Puerto Peñasco Fire […]

Hidden cameras help monitor Sonoran pronghorn population

The iconic figure of the Sonoran pronghorn antelope (berrendo) has been used to represent the region and the entire state of Sonora. A timid species, at the site of humans it tends to run lightly for miles until finding a hiding spot, earning it the name “ghost of the prairie,” as after seeing one they […]