Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Axolotl (pronounced ACK-suh-LAH-tuhl) salamander only lives (in the wild) in one ...

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.

A lot of beautiful creatures have been becoming endangered these days. For instance, giraffes are now under the "threatened" list amid the ongoing climate change crisis. Monarch butterflies have also ...

Mexican scientists report that the axolotl salamander — a.k.a. the Mexican walking fish — is nearing extinction. Which raises a Mexican scientists report that the axolotl salamander — a.k.a. the ...

It’s that time of year again: PEOPLE magazine is on the search for the World’s Cutest Dog. The magazine has partnered with Pedigree for the eighth year in a row. Entries are open most of the month, ...

The only aquatic creature cuter than a sea turtle is an axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). These adorable amphibians have feathery gills and a flattened head — they are just so squishy and cute! Axolotls ...

Nothing has confounded me more this year, being that our political landscape, one crisis overlapping another, is now so constantly barking, than coming face to face with an axolotl. Did you know with ...

Allison Futterman is a Charlotte, N.C.-based writer whose science, history, and medical/health writing has appeared on a variety of platforms and in regional and national publications. These include ...