While some people have them as pets, they are found ... Unfortunately, axolotls are endangered due to pollution, destruction of their habitat, and the growth of human populations around them.
It is dwindling in the wild because of serious threats to its natural habitat. For decades, researchers have marvelled at how the axolotl can regenerate amputated limbs, damaged body tissue ...
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.