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 convent of Mexican nuns is helping to save one of the world’s most remarkable amphibians: the axolotl ... the Lake Patzcuaro an axolotl-friendly habitat once more and to introduce captive ...
Today’s Google Doodle is a celebration of Lake Xochimilco, a natural lake near Mexico City that also happens to be the last remaining habitat for the axolotls—a species related to the salamander.
So-called Montana axolotls, which are not true axolotls but instead a variant of the barred tiger salamander that does not mature into a terrestrial form, have a similarly limited natural habitat, ...
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 ...