This collection of axolotl salamanders has become the largest self-sustaining population in the world. The AGSC staff maintains an average breeding population of 1,000–1,200 adults, as well as a ...

However, like many amphibians, axolotls don’t have teeth. When they’re hunting, they will swallow their food whole since they can’t chew it. They may try to swallow items that aren’t food ...

Over time, they can learn to eat pelleted food, which makes it even easier to feed them! Young axolotls eat every day, though by the time they reach adulthood, they only eat 2-3 times a week.

We feed larval axolotls brine shrimp, and juveniles and adults pelleted food. From October 2001 through February 2002, we had a larger than normal number of axolotls and had to house some animals ...

A convent of Mexican nuns is helping to save one of the world’s most remarkable amphibians: the axolotl. Axolotls are able to regrow lost limbs and other body parts. As a result, these aquatic ...

At least one creature may do just that. Axolotls seem to halt one of the hallmarks of the process part way through their lives, a finding that could shed new light on ageing and regeneration.

It's the 21st century and "junk food" has gone global. For better or for worse (mostly worse), junk food is now available all over the world. We see it most everywhere we go -- in grocery and ...

Authors should provide at the time of submission a short paragraph explaining why their work justifies urgent publication as a Communication. Ideally, a Full paper in Food & Function should follow ...

Today’s Google Doodle is a celebration of Lake Xochimilco, a natural lake near Mexico City that also happens to be the last remaining habitat for the axolotls—a species related to the salamander.

All you need to know is that AK-Xolotl is in the best shape it’s been, and if you’re yet to play this adorable yet ...