Axolotls, with their signature smiles and pink gills, are the celebrities of the salamander world. But they are more than ...

Axolotls are known for their ability to grow back just about any body part that is bitten off by a predator, but the trigger ...

With the help of gene-edited axolotls, researchers have gotten one step closer to enabling human limb regeneration ...

Closer to the shoulder, axolotls have higher levels of retinoic acid, and lower levels of the enzyme that breaks it down.

The only aquatic creature cuter than a sea turtle is an axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). These adorable amphibians have ...

A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in ...

“We discovered it’s essentially a single enzyme called CYP26b1, that regulates the amount of tissue that regenerates,” ...

The adorable salamanders are helping scientists investigate a serious question: Could the human body be coaxed to regrow a ...

Researchers are studying axolotls -- "small, smiling salamanders" -- in the hopes of learning how humans might one day regrow ...

In axolotls, retinoic acid acts like a molecular GPS. Its concentration changes along the length of a regenerating limb, ...

Most people think superpowers belong in comic books, but nature’s been handing them out for millions of years. Some animals ...

But this adorable species of salamander is also helping researchers investigate a serious medical mystery: Could the human ...