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 ...

Axolotls are able to achieve this sort of regeneration ... all of the spinal cord machinery would reconnect and the tail and the legs will work again. They can regenerate impressively their ...

You might know axolotls from video games like “Minecraft” and “Pokemon,” but the aquatic salamanders with unique, adorable and popular with people who keep amphians as pets.

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 ...

Axolotls have the ability to regenerate body parts, so if something happens where they injure themselves and lose a limb or tail, they can regrow them. Even if they damage their heart, they can ...

Axolotl (pronounced ah-sho-LO-tul ... such as the green iguana and bearded dragon are also able to detach their tails when they sense danger is near. Geckos, for instance, take only 30 days ...