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

In 1998 there were 6,000 axolotls per square kilometer in their natural habitat, the district of Xochimilco ... of thousands of the creatures kept as pets or in research labs.

And though biologists, historians and officials have led efforts to save the species and its habitat from extinction, a parallel, unexpected preservation phenomenon has emerged. Axolotl attracted ...

It is dwindling in the wild because of serious threats to its natural habitat. For decades, researchers have marvelled at how the axolotl can regenerate amputated limbs, damaged body tissue ...

And though biologists, historians and officials have led efforts to save the species and its habitat from extinction, a parallel, unexpected preservation phenomenon has emerged. Axolotl attracted ...