The axolotl will help connect guests with science, culture and the importance of protecting critically endangered species.

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

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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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.