The axolotl is an unusual-looking pet, but it’s the very reason that attracts people to them. They live underwater and have ...

"These are gills," said Yu Mori, head of the reptile department. “They are used for branchial respiration, even after it grows into an adult.” The axolotl is a member of a family of newts ...

Juvenile and adult axolotls showed skin pustules, reddening and swelling of the vent, limbs, and neck, and occasional bleeding from the gills (Fig. 1). All animals that exhibited these signs died ...

A museum and conservation centre dedicated to Mexico’s critically endangered axolotl salamander is highlighting ... ability to breathe with lungs and gills, as well as absorb oxygen through ...

Legend has it that, long before the axolotl became Mexico's most beloved ... They breathe through their gills and skin, which allows them to adapt to its aquatic environment.

MEXICO CITY — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian ... Aside from their lungs, they breathe through their gills and skin, which allows them to adapt to its aquatic environment.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian ... Aside from their lungs, they breathe through their gills and skin, which allows them to adapt to its aquatic environment.