The name axolotl comes from the Aztec god, Xolotl. Xolotl is the god of lightning, fire, and death. He’s often depicted with a dog’s head, but some stories say that he transformed into an ...

Axolotls are able to achieve this sort of regeneration ... The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the ...

Victoria Gill, BBC News The researchers are captive-breeding axolotls for release ... to call the axoltol an icon. Aztec legend has it that the creature is a god in salamander form - the Aztec ...

So this was really big," she said. Axolotls — named for the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl — are native to the lakes of Mexico's capital. But their colorful, whimsical looks have won ...

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

"They were hunting, they were eating, and they were avoiding predators. So this was really big," she said. Axolotls — named for the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl — are native to the lakes of ...