Head to a lush cave and pick up any two axolotls you fancy with buckets. That’s it! You don’t need to feed these passive creatures anything to gain their trust. As for breeding, put any two ...

MEXICO CITY — 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 sneaky god.

With its goggling eyes and signature smiley face, the axolotl became Japan's favorite water creature after it was featured in a TV ad in the 1980s. At iZoo, a facility in Kawazu, Shizuoka ...