Outreach and media
In the media
Most articles are in Spanish.
- Bento Bio: Searching for vaquita DNA and building conservation capacity in Mexico
- Excélsior (Méndez, July 10, 2026): Three vaquitas sighted and 40 acoustic alerts recorded in the Upper Gulf of California
- Excélsior (Méndez, May 19, 2026): Vaquita cruise begins to train observers and molecular trackers
- Excélsior (Pacheco, June 16, 2025): On the trail of marine species: environmental DNA, a profile of my career and the use of eDNA to search for the vaquita (print edition, p. 20).
- Animal Político (July 5, 2024): Environmental DNA, the technology to detect the vaquita in the Upper Gulf of California
- Noticias Imagen with Francisco Zea (June 18, 2024): TV interview on vaquita monitoring with environmental DNA.
- Mongabay (June 14, 2024): Mexico: vaquita numbers remain stable but critical, according to the latest survey
- Excélsior (Méndez, June 11, 2024): Results of the Vaquita Observation Cruise: how many survive?
- Excélsior (Méndez, April 28, 2024, front page): Vaquita presence detected at five sites (print edition)
- University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (Owen-McLaughlin, September 29, 2023): Advancing eDNA methods to inform ecological and conservation questions, about my work in the Whale and Dolphin Ecology Lab.
Science communication
- Book chapter (in Spanish): “Phylogeographic studies: lessons for biodiversity management and conservation”, in Biodiversity in Baja California Sur. State Study, Vol. III, CONABIO (2025), pp. 43–56. An introduction to phylogeography and landscape genetics on the Baja California Peninsula, featuring the desert iguana.
- Infographic “Underwater oases of the Mar del Plata Canyon” (2025, in Spanish): about Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Talud Continental IV expedition, which collected eDNA, sediment and plankton samples at 2,900–3,900 m depth.
- Visit of UABC Agronomy Engineering students to CIBNOR (November 6–7, 2025).
- “eDNA Day” in La Paz, Baja California Sur (2019): organized an event with posters, photos and videos on eDNA methods for studying marine fauna.
- “Mutante: la ciencia cambiante” podcast (Radio UAEM, 2024), episode “Environmental DNA in the Gulf of California” with Agustín Ávila Casanueva: the role of eDNA in vaquita research and the Gulf of California, broadcast on digital platforms and Radio UAEM.
- Marine Ecology graduate seminar, CICESE (April 27, 2021): video on Facebook.
- Interview on Radio UABCS, Baja California Graduate Week (2013).