Axolotls have been known to regrow their jaw, limbs, spine, and parts of their brain. Even more, axolotls can – in some cases – accept organs from other axolotls without major issues.

Like other amphibians, axolotls face habitat loss and dwindling numbers. Axolotls are easily bred in labs, but preventing their extinction in the wild has long posed a more difficult challenge ...

Wild axolotls might be godlike in their evolved ability to reaccess embryonic instructions to regenerate organs and limbs — captive axolotls might even be able to endure living in a nasty 19th-century ...

Ramos and her team identified two suitable habitats for their experiment, both in southern Mexico City: a restored canal, called a chinampa, in the axolotl’s native Lake Xochimilco, and a spring ...

With their wispy faces, unique coloring, and big salamander-like eyes, axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) are having a cultural moment. Axolotl merch is all over the internet, you can symbolically ...

Habitat: The axolotl is lentic, meaning it inhabits still-water lakes. Geography: Axolotl can be found in only two freshwater lakes: Mexico’s Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco.

Axolotls in captivity can live up to 20 years, although in their natural habitat they rarely exceed 3 or 4 years. The natural habitat of the axolotl, the canals of Xochimilco, is highly polluted.

The islands provided habitats and hiding places for the axolotls, which thrived among the chinampas for 1,000 years. However, the chinampas of Lake Xochimilco are no longer thriving, and neither ...

Now’s the opportunity to help one of Mexico’s iconic ‘water monsters.’ Animal lovers around the world can now virtually adopt an axolotl, an iconic fish-like amphibian. In late November, a ...

A worker shows an axolotl in a hatchery to preserve the species on August 19, 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico. CREDIT: Eyepix/NurPhoto via Getty Images. NurPhoto A step towards ‘true conservation’ ...