Biodiversity Beyond Borders Podcast: Conservation in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

Across deserts, rivers, and grasslands, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands are home to an extraordinary web of life — from pollinators that sustain tequila-producing agaves to elusive jaguars roaming between nations.

In this podcast episode, alumni Michelle Maria Early Capístran and partners explore how ecosystems thrive across boundaries and how scientists, Indigenous leaders, and conservation practitioners are collaborating to protect them. Through stories of resilience and connection, this conversation reveals how conservation at the border is as much about people and partnership as it is about wildlife and land.