MEXICO CITY, Mexico — 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 ...

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.

Read full article: Dolly Parton makes an appearance at Dollywood for the park’s 40th anniversary There's a new type of smart ... of the current axolotl population, the species Ambystoma ...

Through the glass of a fish tank, where academic institutions preserve them and hatcheries put them up for sale, axolotl are hard to spot. Their skin is usually dark to mimic ston ...

While there are no official estimates of the current axolotl population, the species Ambystoma mexicanum — endemic of central Mexico— has been catalogued as “critically endangered” by the ...

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