Axolotls, while critically endangered in the wild, have thrived in captivity. This has spurred many first-time owners of ...

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.

If an axolotl doesn’t get adequate nutrition, it may resort to eating its tankmates’ limbs as a snack. While axolotls can ...

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 ...

But urban sprawl, contaminated water and non-native fish that like to eat young axolotls have led to the salamander’s near-total collapse, according to population surveys. The axolotl is not the ...