The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) has extraordinary regenerative abilities—the salamander can regrow lost limbs and repair ...

While there are no official estimates of the current axolotl population, the species Ambystoma mexicanum — endemic of central Mexico— has been catalogued as “critically endangered” by the ...

E.T.?) than real. In fact, they share a genus with a cartoon character. Mexico’s Ambystoma mexicanum, the feathery-gilled salamander known as the axolotl, has been popularized by the computer ...