After being driven to near extinction from their only natural habitats in Central Mexico, these creatures are now found more in labs than anywhere else. This is because the axolotl is one of ...

Salamanders are the only terrestrial vertebrates ... life history patterns and habitats is essential for advancing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...