Yo, let’s talk about the axolotl, the coolest little water monster you’ve ever laid eyes on. This funky creature, with i ...

Remarkably, most axolotls under human care descended from that single group of fewer than three dozen (although over the years, scientists have bred a few wild axolotls and even tiger salamanders ...

Scientists from a university are filtering Mexico City's waters for traces of the DNA of an endangered salamander, the ...

Inside the desperate hunt for an endangered creature in Mexico City’s canals - Scientists from a university are filtering ...

The axolotl can grow up to 12 inches and weigh anywhere from three to eight pounds, and its average lifespan in the wild is 10-15 years. Most axolotls are dark brown with some black speckling, but ...

Axolotls should eat things like earthworms, blackworms, frozen or freeze-dried clams, mussels or shrimp, per the care guide. Some online discussions say it’s OK to keep fish with axolotls.

In the video, the 6-year-old started spinning and screaming with joy after opening axolotl food as one of her gifts. She opened another to find a book about axolotl care.

The Shedd had housed axolotls in the past but currently does not have any. It does, however, have an exhibit on how to care for exotic pets. “We have lots of amphibian species similar to axolotls.

But the RSPCA is now warning parents against getting a pet axolotl - or any other exotic pet - as a present this Christmas, saying they are 'not easy to care for once the novelty wears off'.

A pair of axolotls, a type of salamander native only to Lake Xochimilco in Mexico, swim in a tank at Alley Cat Pet Center in Vancouver Mall. Their upturned mouths that seem to smile are only one ...