The axolotl has captured hearts thanks to TikTok and the popular video game Minecraft. More and more people have been getting them as pets, which is impacting how they're bred and sold.

Pet axolotls tend to be inbred and lack the wide flow of different genes that makes up a healthy population in the wild. That means that the axolotl extinction crisis can’t simply be solved by ...

An Arctica Titanium Chiller is under the aquarium for the Axolotls fish at That Fish Place – That Pet Place, 237 Centerville Rd. In East Hempfield Township Wednesday, Sept 7, 2022.

You can also attach a lead to an axolotl if you don't have a bucket handy, but it will die if it's out of water for over five minutes, though not if it's raining or there's a thunderstorm. How to ...

All about axolotls: They’re cannibals that can regrow missing limbs, and they’re one of the most popular pets with kids today Other News Aug 9, 2022 - 10:33pm ...

Pet axolotls tend to be inbred and lack the wide flow of different genes that makes up a healthy population in the wild. That means that the axolotl extinction crisis can’t simply be solved by ...

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god.

MEXICO CITY — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico's most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god ...

Pet axolotls tend to be inbred and lack the wide flow of different genes that makes up a healthy population in the wild. That means that the axolotl extinction crisis can’t simply be solved by ...

An axolotl swims around in an aquarium at a museum in Xochimilco Ecological Park, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Photo by: Marco Ugarte / AP ...

Pet axolotls tend to be inbred and lack the wide flow of different genes that makes up a healthy population in the wild. That means that the axolotl extinction crisis can’t simply be solved by ...