The only aquatic creature cuter than a sea turtle is an axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). These adorable amphibians have ...

Lake Xochimilco is the creatures’ only remaining natural habitat — and researchers in Mexico have made a discovery that might help the population regrow: Captive-bred axolotls released into ...

Lake Xochimilco is, like, their native habitat, and they're endemic to it, and it's the only place in Mexico where they actually live. So they're really important in that sense.

In the restored lake Xochimilco, their movement peaked when the water was around 61 degrees Fahrenheit (16 to 17 degrees Celsius). In the artificial wetland La Cantera Oriente, movement peaked at ...

Lake Xochimilco is, like, their native habitat, and they're endemic to it, and it's the only place in Mexico where they actually live. So they're really important in that sense.

Axolotls live in two lakes – Mexico’s Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco. Why Are Axolotls Endangered? Unfortunately, axolotls are endangered due to pollution, destruction of their habitat, and ...

Axolotls are everywhere online due to their popularity on TikTok and in Minecraft, but they aren’t very common in the wild. The salamanders are native only to Lake Xochimilco in Xochimilco ...

In the middle of the 19th century, French explorers captured 34 aquatic salamanders (Ambystoma mexicanum) from Lake Xochimilco in Mexico and relocated them to Paris.After a few of these animals ...

Lake Xochimilco is the creatures’ only remaining natural habitat — and researchers in Mexico have made a discovery that might help the population regrow: Captive-bred axolotls released into ...

RAMOS: Well, this species is really, really important in Mexico. They’re part of our culture. They’re part of, like, our history because they were actually living in Lake Xochimilco when the Aztecs ...

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.

Lake Xochimilco is, like, their native habitat, and they're endemic to it, and it's the only place in Mexico where they actually live. So they're really important in that sense.