Our passion for these cute-looking salamanders means they are everywhere – except in the wild, where the species is under increasing threat ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This frilly-gilled amphibian never leaves its tadpole stage ...

MEXICO CITY — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god. “It’s ...

Scientist Dr. Randal Voss gets the occasional reminder that he’s working with a kind of superstar. When he does outreach events with his laboratory, he encounters people who are keen to meet his ...

The axolotl is renowned for its extensive ability to regenerate organs and body parts, including its spinal cord. Studies on spinal cord regeneration, however, have focused on axolotl cells next to an ...

Researchers at Harvard University’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology lab sure do axolotl questions. When Jessica Whited’s team isn’t busy coming up with axolotl puns like what you just read, they ...

The axolotl, a type of salamander that stays in the tadpole form throughout its life, is a master of regeneration. Axolotls have been observed to regrow several body parts, including limbs, eyes, and ...

With a fully sequenced genome in hand, scientists hope they are finally poised to learn how axolotls regenerate lost body parts. In a loudly bubbling laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in ...

In 1987, UNESCO declared the Xochimilco wetland area in southern Mexico City a World Heritage Site, recognizing in particular its chinampas, an ancient agricultural system in use since the time of the ...