Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) are a critically endangered species of salamander. The species has only one natural habitat remaining, a series of canals in Mexico City, and only 50 to 1,000 axolotls ...

Today’s axolotls are experiencing extirpation, but scientists and pet enthusiasts are saving them from true extinction. Why? Axolotls have long fascinated the learned and laymen alike, thanks to the ...

Axolotls are no strangers to the University of Kentucky (UK). For nearly 20 years, labs across the UK campus have studied the axolotl—a type of salamander native to Mexico—due to its ability to ...

Axolotls are friendly-faced salamanders that stay in their ‘tadpole’ form forever. While we prize them for their looks and amazing regeneration abilities, in their native Mexico, wild axolotls are ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. On the southern edge of Mexico City, on a patch of land surrounded by water, a farmer and a scientist recently inspected rows of small cubes of mud that ...

The axolotl appeared in ancient Mesoamerican documents. In the Nahua myth of the Fifth Sun, pre-Hispanic god Nanahuatzin threw himself into a fire, reemerged as the sun and commanded fellow gods to ...

Meet the axolotl, Mexico City’s endangered, smiling salamander. In the southern part of Mexico City lies Xochimilco, a maze of canals filled with boats, music, food and tourists. It’s also one of the ...