B uying an axolotl isn’t as simple as going to the pet store and bringing one of these critically endangered animals home. Or at least, it shouldn’t be! Ensuring that you purchase a healthy ...

You may have seen axolotls—an amphibian in the salamander family with a permanent smile and pink, feathery gills—in a pet store or as a ... general public what an axolotl was, so I'd have ...

Legend has it that, long before the axolotl became Mexico's most beloved salamander, it was a sneaky god. "It's an interesting little animal," said Yanet Cruz, head of the Chinampaxóchitl Museum ...