This year for Halloween, Juliana’s grandmother sewed her an axolotl costume. Most parents were confused, but Juliana’s fellow kids knew exactly what she was.

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

Although often glossed over, the human liver is a pretty amazing organ. Not just because it’s pretty much the sole thing that prevents our food from killing us, but also because it’s th… ...

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.

A team at Northeastern University announced Tuesday they discovered a key to limb regeneration in axolotls, the smiley pink salamanders that have become a social media sensation, findings that ...

The cartoonish-looking salamanders have faced an uncertain future in the wild. But researchers hope that breeding axolotls in captivity and releasing them in the wild can help their numbers.

The axolotl seems like something out of science fiction. This perpetually youthful-looking Mexican salamander possesses a superpower that defies biology as we know it: the ability to regenerate ...

In today’s episode we’re going to swim after the axolotl, as it takes us to some far-flung and unexpected places, to understand how it came to rule the stuffed animal kingdom.

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