Introducing captive-bred axolotls to restored and artificial wetlands may be a promising option for the popular pet amphibian.

Now, a new study of 18 captive-bred axolotls found that they can survive in some wild wetlands in Mexico. The findings are ...

Axolotls are easily bred in labs, but preventing their extinction in the wild has long posed a more difficult challenge. They are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for ...

Don’t let the cute faces fool you, axolotls are predators that only eat meat. In captivity, they primarily eat worms. In the wild, they’ll eat almost anything that’s accessible, which could ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with scientist Alejandra Ramos, who just led a study about axolotls born in captivity who were released into the wild and survived. We've got some good news for axolotls.

By 2004, that figure had fallen to just 1,000, and by 2008 it was only 100. A 2014 census of Mexico’s wild axolotl population found only 36 of the creatures. Now, a decade later, a new survey is ...

Critically endangered axolotls that were captive-bred then released into wetlands in Mexico City have successfully adapted to the wild, a new study has found, giving new hope to scientists trying ...

Today, it would be extremely difficult to catch more than a handful of wild axolotls from ... Placing an axolotl in a refrigerator or cold room (∼7–8 °C) slows down their basal metabolism ...

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Experts say there's good news for one of the world's most endangered amphibians, the axolotl. Conservationists have successfully released 18 of the creatures into the wild in Mexico. They say the ...