The popular salamanders are nearly extinct in the wild, where they are confined to a small system of canals in Mexico City.

Pollution has cut the amphibian’s numbers by 99.5 percent, but scientists believe Mexico’s cultural icon could return.

Now, a new study of 18 captive-bred axolotls found that they can survive in some wild wetlands in Mexico. The findings are ...

New research from Kelly Zamudio at The University of Texas at Austin and an international team finds climate change threatens ...

Scientists in Mexico have found that axolotls bred in captivity can survive and thrive in their native habitat—which is great ...

The findings could aid conservation efforts for the beloved species, which is found in only one Mexico City lake.

Besides burning thousands of homes and displacing residents, the January fires, like earlier ones, upended the natural ...

Drought and amphibians are not a viable combination: These animals depend on water and humidity to survive; without that, they may dehydrate in a few hours and die. “Amphibians have thin ...

A new study has shown what's really driving the collapse of Brazil's amphibians: the climate crisis and El Niño.

Amphibians in Brazil’s Pantanal, one of the world’s largest and most biodiverse wetlands, could lose huge swaths of their habitat as the region dries out from climate change, a new study has ...

KINGSTON — Stephen Lougheed, a Queen’s University professor of biology and environmental studies, spoke about the importance ...