Axolotls, while critically endangered in the wild, have thrived in captivity. This has spurred many first-time owners of ...

The blue axolotl is the rarest variety of the mob that doesn’t spawn naturally, and having it on your base is undeniably a ...

It is dwindling in the wild because of serious threats to its natural habitat. For decades, researchers have marvelled at how the axolotl can regenerate amputated limbs, damaged body tissue ...

A few canals here are also the last refuge of another species known as the Mexican axolotl. This species is even closer to extinction in the wild – there may be as few as 500 left. Paradoxically ...

All animals that exhibited these signs died within one to five days. Following the introduction in late 1994 of wild axolotls from Lake Xochimilco, our colony had undergone a similar disease ...

This collection of axolotl salamanders has become the largest self-sustaining population in the world. The AGSC staff maintains an average breeding population of 1,000–1,200 adults, as well as a ...

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, Mexico — 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 ...

According to Mori, many pink- and white-colored axolotls distributed in Japan and elsewhere have been genetically modified for ornamental purposes. Wild ones are typically dark-colored.

Native to lakes in Mexico, they are critically endangered in the wild due to habitat loss and pollution, making their preservation in captivity even more significant. Axolotls have become ...

For his part, he stressed that they do not do breeding programs because there is nowhere to reintroduce the axolotl, since it is essential to clean and heal their wild ecosystems first.