An abandoned axolotl pet store turns into a tense rescue mission after rare animals are found living in filthy tanks for two ...

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 ...

You may have seen axolotls—an amphibian in the salamander family with a permanent smile and pink, feathery gills—in a pet store or as a plushie in a window, but the endearing animal's popularity seems ...

Juliana Mancinelli is 4, and she has gotten rather good at educating adults about a critically endangered Mexican salamander. The New Jersey preschooler’s favorite animal is the axolotl, an amphibian ...

An abandoned pet store turned into a wild rescue mission when tanks full of rare axolotls, turtles, frogs, fish, and even glow-in-the-dark creatures were discovered inside. From baby mosaics to giant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An axolotl crawling up to the aquarium pane at the Hamburg animal shelter. While visiting family in Philadelphia, Alejandra Ramos ...

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 ...

Scientists are working toward establishing the Mexican salamander, or axolotl, as a laboratory model for the study of regeneration. With the ability to regenerate almost any body part, the axolotl is ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Last week, the science community was set ...

At the bottom of a lake in Mexico City lives a creature that should not, by biological rules, be able to do what it does. Cut off one of its legs, and a new one grows back.

Axolotls have permanent smiles on their faces that make them so adorable. ©axolotlowner/Shutterstock.com The only aquatic creature cuter than a sea turtle is an ...