To help protect the salamander, the National Autonomous University of Mexico launched a campaign asking people to virtually adopt an axolotl or help pay for one of its meals.

Figure 1 | An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). The axolotl is an aquatic salamander that can regenerate limbs throughout its life. Credit: Paul Starosta/Getty.

From TikTok to McDonald’s Happy Meals, Mexico’s ancient axolotl is everywhere, except where it is supposed to be—in the wild.

The axolotl is a type of salamander. It has a long tail, flat head, and four lizard-like limbs, which it uses to move around the lake floor. But unlike other salamanders, axolotls are neotenic ...

Axolotl cells can remember where they belong in the body, and under the right conditions, this positional memory can be rewritten. advertisement. Hindustan Times.

One of the world's most endangered amphibians - the strange, perpetually smiling Mexican axolotl - has thrived after being released in artificial wetlands, scientists have discovered. In a study ...

The dodo wasn’t as daffy a duck as we once thought. Despite their dim reputation, evolutionary biologists have learned that the infamously extinct bird, hunted out of existence by humans in the ...

Despite capturing hearts around the world, the wild axolotl — an aquatic salamander with feathery frills and a soft smile — faces extinction. Fortunately, for both axolotls and their fans, a ...

The dodo was wiped out no more than a century after the Dutch arrived. It's unclear exactly when because, at the time the dodo roamed the jungles of Mauritius, the idea that any animal might one ...

The dodo is one of the most iconic—and misunderstood—extinct animals. Four hundred years after its extinction, the popular narrative remains that the flightless bird was simply too dumb, slow ...

WCIA Champaign. What Is an Axolotl. Posted: June 17, 2025 | Last updated: June 17, 2025. Julia Benzel teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about the Axolotl at Miller Park Zoo ...