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

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

E.T.?) than real. In fact, they share a genus with a cartoon character. Mexico’s Ambystoma mexicanum, the feathery-gilled salamander known as the axolotl, has been popularized by the computer ...

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 IUCN Red ...

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

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 ...