Imagine a creature so magical it seems ripped from the pages of a fantasy novel—a being that never truly ages, can regrow ...

One of the world's most endangered amphibians - the strange, perpetually smiling Mexican axolotl - has thrived after being ...

Wild ones are typically dark-colored. The axolotl is also called the Mexican salamander. In its country of origin, Mexico, the axolotl population has decreased due to environmental contamination ...

or Mexican salamander, an organism that takes the prize as nature's champion of regeneration. The study, which was conducted by James Godwin, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor ...

The salamander is based on a real Mexican lizard but it is also a creature of mythology with an ability to survive and extinguish fire, which made it an appropriate talisman to wear on board a ...

The critically endangered axolotl—also known as the Mexican salamander—shares a type of cell, called a glial cell, with humans. If an axolotl hurts its spinal cord, its glial cells go to work ...