The findings could aid conservation efforts for the beloved species, which is found in only one Mexico City lake.

Wild axolotls are facing extinction. That’s the bad news. But take heart: Cutie-pie axolotls bred in captivity may be able to ...

Scientist Dr. Randal Voss gets the occasional reminder that he’s working with a kind of superstar. When he does outreach events with his laboratory, he encounters people who are keen to meet his ...

While visiting family in Philadelphia, Alejandra Ramos González, an ecologist at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in Mexico (UNAM) who studies the amphibians, even gave axolotl talks to ...

Despite their never-ceasing grins, axolotls have been at risk of extinction for years. Over two decades ago, there were about 6,000 of these tiny salamanders for every square kilometer in Lake ...

Axolotls and flatworms regenerate lost body parts through body-wide coordination, not local repair. Scientists analysed that this theory of regeneration could reshape regenerative medicine.

(NewsNation) — Axolotls have captured attention for their cuteness, but new research shows the smiling salamanders could advance scientific goals to regrow human limbs. Axolotls have significant ...

“They’re here.” Those words were all That Fish Place/That Pet Place needed to post to set social media ablaze over the store’s first shipment of a trendy amphibian. “It’s been really cool to see ...

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