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 ...

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 ...