An axolotl (ax-a-lot-l) is a creature with big frilly gills like a lion’s mane, tiny eyes with no eyelids and a mouth in the shape of a smile. They come in lots of colors: pink, black, golden or gray.

The cute but endangered Mexican amphibians have 'regenerative superpowers' and can regrow spinal cords and brain tissue.

Sixty years ago, residents of a canal-crossed borough in Mexico City could pluck axolotls—the large salamander reminiscent of a tiny dragon—out of the water with their hands because they were so ...

Francois Guillot / AFP via Getty Images Fans of the iconic axolotl could see the critically endangered species stage a comeback in its native Mexico City, as researchers announced their findings that ...

FARGO — When Ray Erickson was in kindergarten, he found a book on a strange breed of Mexican salamanders in a public library. Hungrily, he studied the book for years, and even to this day he’ll flip ...

The Big Pet Project is the show filled with some of the most unusual, clever and downright adorable pets you’ll ever see on Irish TV. Join Adam and Demi as they head to Belfast to meet a smart rat, a ...