Few animals unsettle the usual rules of biology quite like the axolotl. Lose a leg, and it grows back, complete with bone, muscle, nerves and skin, with no visible scar. Lose part of a jaw, a section ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This frilly-gilled amphibian never leaves its tadpole stage ...

Most animals that lose a limb are maimed for life. The axolotl simply grows a new one. This pale, perpetually smiling salamander from the lakes of central Mexico can regenerate not only amputated legs ...

Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) are a critically endangered species of salamander. The species has only one natural habitat remaining, a series of canals in Mexico City, and only 50 to 1,000 axolotls ...

Researchers at Harvard University’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology lab sure do axolotl questions. When Jessica Whited’s team isn’t busy coming up with axolotl puns like what you just read, they ...

You may have seen axolotls—an amphibian in the salamander family with a permanent smile and pink, feathery gills—in a pet store or as a plushie in a window, but the endearing animal's popularity seems ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — 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. ...

XOCHIMILCO, Mexico—A homely aquatic salamander with a cartoonish smile and the ability to regenerate lost body parts has become a global phenomenon, appearing as characters in Minecraft, Fortnite and ...

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. “It’s ...

FILE - An Axolotl swims in a tank at the Chapultepec Zoo, in Mexico City, Sept. 27, 2008. Ecologists from Mexico's National Autonomous University relaunched a fundraising campaign Friday, Nov. 24, ...