The axolotl is an unusual-looking pet, but it’s the very reason that attracts people to them. They live underwater and have ...

Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers at Okayama University have ...

Despite the creatures’ regenerative abilities, scientists are no longer finding them in their natural habitat of Xochimilco, ...

The skin consists of two primary layers. The epidermis, the outermost layer, is predominantly made up of keratinocytes, while ...

And that creature came to be known as the axolotl. In ancient Aztec tongue, the name 'Axolotl' translates to "water monster," and just as their name suggests, these creatures live their entire ...

"This work establishes the axolotl as a key vertebrate representative in the world of molecular neuroscience, helping us understand the essential features of the vertebrate brain." More ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mexico City — 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.