And in nature, axolotls — a type of salamander — play an important role in their ecosystems. Unlike other amphibians, axolotls never go through a full metamorphosis to leave the aquatic phase ...

But wild axolotls, endemic to a single lake in Mexico, are critically endangered due to degradation of their native wetlands, with only 50 to 1,000 individuals left in the wild.

Instead, axolotls keep many of their larval characteristics and spend their adult life in the water. View of salamanders inside a fish tank at the Centro Ecoturístico Chinampero Michmani in ...

Good news for the adorable axolotl — ones born in captivity could survive in the wild NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with scientist Alejandra Ramos, who just led a study about axolotls born in ...

Fewer than 1,200 of the popular and freakish Mexican axolotl remain in the wild, new surveys reveal. Earth News. Earth ... The axolotl is a type of salamander that uniquely spends its whole life ...

Tanaka and her colleagues genetically engineered a type of salamander called axolotls to make a green fluorescent protein in all cells of the body. This GFP allows the researchers to visually ...

The wild-type GFP chromophore embedded in the protein β-barrel structure is formed by the autocatalytic cyclization of the Ser 65-Tyr 66-Gly 67 tripeptide 11,12.The hydrogen-bonding network ...

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. April 30, 2025 ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with scientist Alejandra Ramos, who just led a study about axolotls born in captivity who were released into the wild and survived.

RAMOS: Well, we were pretty amazed because, first of all, they all survived, which we were a bit worried about because these axolotls, as you said, they were raised in captivity, and when you have ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with scientist Alejandra Ramos, who just led a study about axolotls born in captivity who were released into the wild and survived.