When we are injured, a wound from a severed limb simply gets covered with skin tissue. But not the axolotls. They transform nearby cells to stem cells, forming bones, skins, and veins in their ...

and axolotls are no exception. Since their skin is so sensitive, it’s easy for them to get hurt, but they can heal themselves by regenerating almost any body part. They can regenerate limbs ...

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 ...

The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) fell into mythology centuries ago; the Aztecs believed that the first axolotl appeared in ...

With its goggling eyes and signature smiley face, the axolotl became Japan's favorite water creature after it was featured in a TV ad in the 1980s. At iZoo, a facility in Kawazu, Shizuoka ...

Axolotl (pronounced ah-sho-LO-tul ... “They are one of the few animals that can regenerate their skin, muscles, bones, blood vessels, nerves, heart, brain,” said Fernando Gual, head of ...

A convent of Mexican nuns is helping to save one of the world’s most remarkable amphibians: the axolotl. Axolotls are able to regrow lost limbs and other body parts. As a result, these aquatic ...