With its goggling eyes and signature smiley face, the axolotl became Japan's favorite water creature after it was featured in a TV ad in the 1980s. At iZoo, a facility in Kawazu, Shizuoka ...

captive populations of pet axolotls are also popular in Japan, a country where you can also get axolotls as a deep-fried ...

And that creature came to be known as the axolotl. In ancient Aztec tongue, the name 'Axolotl' translates to "water monster," and just as their name suggests, these creatures live their entire ...

The axolotl, one of the country's most emblematic animals, is at risk. Pollution of its natural habitat, poor water quality and the introduction of alien species are just some of the factors that ...

With an axolotl as the protagonist on one of its faces, this polymer piece received the “Banknote of the Year Award” by the International Banknote Society (IBNS). This is the second time that ...

This collection of axolotl salamanders has become the largest self-sustaining population in the world. The AGSC staff maintains an average breeding population of 1,000–1,200 adults, as well as a ...

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.