One of the world's most endangered amphibians - the strange, perpetually smiling Mexican axolotl - has thrived after being ...

Axolotls, famous for their perpetually smiling faces, are critically endangered amphibians. Now, a new study offers some hope ...

The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a ...

Aztec legend has it that the creature is a god in salamander form - the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl, disguised as a salamander. "If we can restore this [wetland] habitat and restore ...