Over fishing and a lack of wild spaces has put the axolotl on the critically endangered species list, raising concerns about ...

On their own in the wild, axolotls are carnivores (meat eaters) and night hunters. When most of the world is asleep, they munch on worms, insects, mollusks, and small fish. They have small ...

Axolotls live a simple life. Unlike other pets with demanding social needs, these amphibians are content to explore their ...

The salamanders have become a pop culture phenomenon, and one named Maxolotl is at the Reptile and Amphibian House.

But urban sprawl, contaminated water and non-native fish that like to eat young axolotls have led to the salamander’s near-total collapse, according to population surveys. The axolotl is not the ...

Axolotl embryos measure approximately 2–3 ... my senior research project was on the diets of forage fish in Lake Erie. As a graduate student at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, KY ...

The axolotl is a unique amphibian famous for its ability to regrow lost limbs. This creature lives in water and has feathery ...

You'll spend plenty of time at the lake in that park as part of the quest, so you may as well check for axolotls while you're ...

The big problem is that the nun’s species of axolotl only lives in nearby Lake Patzcuaro and it has been pushed to the edge of extinction because of pollution and introduced fish species.

Today’s Google Doodle is a celebration of Lake Xochimilco, a natural lake near Mexico City that also happens to be the last remaining habitat for the axolotls—a species related to the salamander.