The skin consists of two primary layers. The epidermis, the outermost layer, is predominantly made up of keratinocytes, while ...

Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers at Okayama University have ...

So if you amputate at the level of the wrist, you regenerate the hand. If you amputate at the upper arm, you can regenerate a full arm." But the axolotl's regenerative ability doesn't stop there.

The axolotl is an unusual-looking pet, but it’s the very reason that attracts people to them. They live underwater and have ...

This collection of axolotl salamanders has become the largest self-sustaining population in the world. The AGSC staff maintains an average breeding population of 1,000–1,200 adults, as well as a ...

Axolotls, while critically endangered in the wild, have thrived in captivity. This has spurred many first-time owners of marine life and amphibians to try their hand at keeping these smiley-faced ...

But a proper aquatic environment is needed for that to happen. “Efforts to preserve axolotl go hand in hand with preserving the chinampas,” Cruz said at the museum, next to a display featuring ...

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.