Despite the creatures’ regenerative abilities, scientists are no longer finding them in their natural habitat of Xochimilco, ...

Every country has a national animal that symbolises its culture, heritage, or unique biodiversity. While some are well-known, ...

The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) has extraordinary regenerative abilities—the salamander can regrow lost limbs and repair ...

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.

According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god's passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, ...

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 an ...

The axolotl is a powerful model for understanding regeneration, however, studying the axolotl’s nervous system has been challenging as tools for ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An axolotl swims in an aquarium at a museum in Xochimilco Ecological Park in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 11 ...

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.