Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The axolotl may look cartoonishly harmless, but beneath its ...

A team at Northeastern University announced Tuesday they discovered a key to limb regeneration in axolotls, the smiley pink salamanders that have become a social media sensation, findings that could ...

The axolotl, a tailed amphibian, is a marvel of evolution. It can regenerate injured body parts and is exceptionally long-lived. However, the axolotl is only found in Mexico, and its habitat is ...

The Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is famous because adults look like overgrown babies, or tadpoles, retaining juvenile features as adults and capable of remarkable regeneration of lost limbs ...