Persistent rain did not dampen the spirits of hundreds of people who turned out for a parade to mark a city's centenary. Hundreds gathered on the streets of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, to watch the ...

If you were describing Diglett to someone, I don't think you could convince them that this Pokemon is based on any type of animal, let alone a mole. This mysterious Pokemon's lowe ...

Learn what makes axolotls so special and why wild populations in Mexico are on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss.

6. Axolotls have become increasingly popular in recent years. James Monaghan, professor of biology at Northeastern, said that he used to have to explain what axolotls were approximately 20 years ago.

Axolotls will breed in late winter or early spring. A male will deposit sperm capsules and then provide a mix of visual and chemical signals to help the female locate and take up the capsules ...

An axolotl (pronounced ak-so-la-tul, accent on the third syllable) is a youthful-looking pink salamander with external gills on its head that resemble a Troll doll’s hair.

Endangered axolotls bred in captivity can survive in wild, study finds The findings could aid conservation efforts for the beloved species, which is found in only one Mexico City lake.

Researchers are studying axolotls -- "small, smiling salamanders" -- in the hopes of learning how humans might one day regrow arms or legs.

In Yun’s Dresden lab, the team studied 180 axolotls from four weeks to 21 years of age. Remarkably, the scientists could only create a reliable epigenetic clock for the first four years of an ...

In other words, an injured axolotl hand knows not to grow into an arm partly because the enzyme, called CYP26B1, blocks the regeneration process from going further, McCusker explained.