The axolotl looks like a creature invented for a fairy tale, a pale, perpetually smiling salamander with feathery gills ...

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 ...

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 ...

From squishies to backpacks and birthday parties, the axolotl has become a fixture for today's kids.

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 ...

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 ...

While you might see plenty of white or pink axolotls in captivity, the animal is normally dark brown or black in the wild. White and pink axolotls are known as “leucistic” and descend from a mutant ...

If you've seen one of those smiling axolotl that look like a Pokémon, you might've thought: 'I gotta catch 'em all." But will ...

Few animals can regenerate their spinal cord after an injury. The axolotl can mobilize stem cells in its spinal cord to regrow the lost tissue. An international team of scientists have investigated ...

The bizarre and adorable aquatic salamander called the axolotl has been enticing collectors and scientists for centuries. But it's now dwindling in its native habitat around Mexico City. The unique ...

The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is set to open a new exhibit titled "The Axolotl's Garden" this ...

Developmental biologists, neurobiologists, and amphibian research scientists find the axolotl an excellent animal model for their research. Not only are axolotls easy to handle, but females produce ...