In rare cases, axolotls can lose their gills and move onto land like most other salamander species (a process ... gray, and green, a coloring known as “wild type.” Axolotl gills are often ...

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 ...