Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Axolotl (pronounced ACK-suh-LAH-tuhl) salamander only lives (in the wild) in one ...

With their perpetually smiling faces, feathery gills, and charmingly plump bodies, axolotls have captured hearts worldwide.

A team at Northeastern University announced Tuesday they discovered a key to limb regeneration in axolotls, the smiley pink salamanders that have become a social media sensation, findings that could ...

An axolotl (ax-a-lot-l) is a creature with big frilly gills like a lion’s mane, tiny eyes with no eyelids and a mouth in the shape of a smile. They come in lots of colors: pink, black, golden or gray.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Look closely at the globby looking balls on display at the St. Louis Science Center and you might notice a pair of gills or nubby ...

The axolotl, or Mexican salamander, is a very strange creature living up to 15 years yet never maturing to an adult. The species is found exclusively in the lake complex of Xochimilco near Mexico City ...

The type of salamander called axolotl, with its frilly gills and widely spaced eyes, looks like an alien and has other-worldly powers of regeneration. Lose a limb, part of the heart or even a large ...

A cute little amphibian could be the answer to fertility problems in HUMANS according to scientists. The Mexican salamander may look a world away from humans, but the way the sea animals regenerate ...

The axolotl is not only weirdly cute for an amphibian but it can also regenerate its own limbs. Scientists are studying how the salamanders regrow legs and how humans might someday do the same. the ...

An aquatic creature that is extinct in the wild everywhere except Mexico City was discovered in a Pennsylvania waterway. The axolotl was found swimming in Walnut Creek near Lake Erie and brought to a ...