Endangered axolotls bred in captivity can survive in wild, study finds The findings could aid conservation efforts for the beloved species, which is found in only one Mexico City lake. April 30, 2025 ...

But wild axolotls, endemic to a single lake in Mexico, are critically endangered due to degradation of their native wetlands, with only 50 to 1,000 individuals left in the wild.

Despite their popularity, axolotls are critically endangered in the wild due to human interference and pollution in their habitats, with estimates of just 50 to 1,000 adults left in the wild.

By 2004, that figure had fallen to just 1,000, and by 2008 it was only 100. A 2014 census of Mexico’s wild axolotl population found only 36 of the creatures. Now, ...

Although critically endangered in the wild in Mexico, axolotls have been kept and studied in labs since the 19th century. They are known for being, naturally, forever young.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with scientist Alejandra Ramos, who just led a study about axolotls born in captivity who were released into the wild and survived. We've got some good news for axolotls ...

An axolotl crawling up to the aquarium pane at the Hamburg animal shelter. ... Now, a new study of 18 captive-bred axolotls found that they can survive in some wild wetlands in Mexico.

Wild axolotls are typically dark in color, with mottled patterns of brown and green. In the pet trade, axolotls are found in a variety of colors, including leucitic (pink/white).

Axolotls are considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN, with researchers estimating that only 50 to 1,000 remain in the wild. They are found in just one high-altitude lake in Mexico called Lake ...

Axolotls are everywhere online due to their popularity on TikTok and in Minecraft, but they aren’t very common in the wild. The salamanders are native only to Lake Xochimilco in Xochimilco ...

Critically endangered axolotls that were captive-bred then released into wetlands in Mexico City have successfully adapted to the wild, a new study has found, giving new hope to scientists trying ...

As axolotls have become popular, humans have increasingly adopted them as pets — often bred to be an albino white-pink that humans find more adorable than their wild counterparts’ murky gray ...