Have you ever seen a creature that seems to smile at you from behind the glass, with feathery gills waving like carnival ...

These glow-in-the-dark axolotls can regrow lost limbs — and studying them could eventually help humans do the same.

These glow-in-the-dark axolotls can regrow lost limbs — and scientists say studying them could eventually help humans do the same.

Researchers are studying axolotls -- "small, smiling salamanders" -- in the hopes of learning how humans might one day regrow arms or legs.

Axolotls, which are aquatic salamanders, biologically control the amount of acid in their limbs to grow the precise amount of a limb lost to injury, Monaghan said.

Scientists think axolotls could help humans regrow limbs.

Axolotls' Regenerative Abilities Could Teach Scientists a Thing or Two About Medicine Researchers at Northeastern University are studying how the amphibians regrow lost limbs and organs.

Animals These glowing axolotls may hold the secret to human limb regeneration The adorable salamanders are helping scientists investigate a serious question: Could the human body be coaxed to ...

Axolotls can regrow limbs. Could they one day help us do the same? A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in humans.