Together with Arizona Fish and Game, the Sonora Commission of Ecology and Sustainable Development (CEDES), and the National Commission on Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), researchers have been conducting an aerial census of the endangered Sonoran pronghorn (berrendo), are conducting flyovers across the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve (Nov 27-29) and Quitovac (Dec 11-15). The census flight, which […]
Son berrendos “vigilados” con cámaras ocultas en el área de la Reserva del Pinacate, a la fecha se considera la existencia de 100 ejemplares. Una especie endémica en grave peligro de extinción es el berrendo sonorense, que actualmente significa una población de 100 ejemplares los cuales habitan en la sierra del Pinacate cerca de Caborca, […]
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 […]
El berrendo [Sonoran pronghorn antelope] (Antilocapra americana ssp. Sonoriensis), native to the American continent and the fastest animal in North America dating back nearly 20 million years, has become an icon of the Pinacate and the region. Despite important gains in reproduction in recent years, this representative species is at risk of extinction. Given the […]