Programs

The objective is to increase the chances of survival of the specimens in the wild by keeping them under the care of specialists for 15 months since almost all varieties of sea turtles are in danger of extinction.
We attend to their health, growth, and development of natural behaviors, to later reintroduce them to the sea much bigger and stronger. More than 200,000 hatchlings have reached the sea.

We have the firstsea turtle hospital in the region. Our objective is to attend, rehabilitate, and reintroduce turtles that are stranded or injured, achieving. Over the course of 18 years, we have cared for 743 specimens.
Caring for sea turtles is protecting our future. Environmental education is the key to saving them, inspiring hearts to preserve their homes and ensure that they continue to swim free in our oceans.

Together with Flora, Fauna y Cultura de México A.C., more than 17 millionMexican sea turtles have been reintroduced to the ocean since this program began in 1993.
Our commitment focuses not only on protecting species and promoting their conservation but also includes providing environmental education, making available information about sea turtles, and teaching how we can contribute to their conservation.

After genetic viability studies were conducted, and the benefit of the return of theRed Macaw to this habitat was evaluated. In 2013, the first reintroduction of the species was carried out in the jungle of Palenque, Chiapas, together with the Aluxes Ecopark.

Upon reaching a maximum of four years of age, we carefully evaluate each bird to determine if it is ready for reintroduction. To date, we have successfully reintroduced 318 scarlet macaws in Nanciyaga, Veracruz, and in the Palenque rainforest, Chiapas, in collaboration with Ecoparque Aluxes. This collaborative effort is supported by environmental authorities.

Environmental education is the spark that ignites the passion to care for thescarlet macaw, and it is vital to teach communities to foster a lasting love for these majestic creatures, ensuring their preservation and a vibrant future for all.

Although marine corals may look like rocks and share several characteristics of plants, they are actually hermaphroditic animals that can reproduce both sexually and asexually.
In 2007, the conservation program for the coral Acropora palmata species began, with the participation of various specialists and institutions.

With the support of the Academic Unit of Reef Systems of the UNAM, the National Institute of Fisheries (INAPESCA), and Sexual Coral Reproduction (SECORE), eggs and sperm are collected from corals at night for later assisted fertilization in the coral laboratory of the Aquarium at Xcaret Park.
In this way, they are provided with the necessary care to achieve the settlement of such fertilization in order to promote the growth of corals outside a marine aquarium.

In 2023, work began to restore Punta Maroma with specimens from the Xcaret Aquarium, together with the Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology of Puerto Morelos of the UNAM. A nursery ofsea corals was installed inside pot-like containers. The objective is to grow the cuttings within a natural but supervised environment.
Challenges such as live tissue detachment syndrome have affected millions of corals. Thanks to research efforts, a treatment has been developed that reduces by 60% the tissue detachment syndrome in hard corals, giving hope for the recovery of the Mexican Caribbean reefs.