The quest to save the axolotl — the frilly faced, critically endangered amphibian whose quirky looks and otherworldly vibe have endeared it to fans globally — centers on a lake in Mexico City.

Despite capturing hearts around the world, the wild axolotl — an aquatic salamander with feathery frills and a soft smile — faces extinction. Fortunately, for both axolotls and their fans ...

as well as a range of age groups to incorporate both young and older axolotls,” says Ramos González, who is also a co-author on the new study. “All individuals were of the wild-type morph ...

The amphibian that never grew up is on the verge of going extinct in the wild ... axolotls remain in its last stronghold, the Xochimilco area of central Mexico. The axolotl is a type of salamander ...

Despite their popularity, axolotls are critically endangered in the wild due to human interference and pollution in their habitats, with estimates of just 50 to 1,000 adults left in the wild.

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 ...

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 ... or other type of habitats, that ...

Figure 1: Ultrafast structural response of the photoexcited wild-type GFP chromophore. Figure 2: FSRS spectra of wild-type GFP in D 2 O from -100 fs to 1 ps following 396-nm excitation.

Figure 3: Annotated tandem MS spectra of the peptide FSVSGEGEGDATY*GK from wild-type GFP and GFP-pMpa. Figure 4: Annotated tandem MS spectra of the peptide FSUSGEGEGDATY * GK from GFP-pApa ...