Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers at Okayama University have investigated collagen formation in the ‘glass-skinned’ amphibian axolotl and other ...

Monaghan notes that the axolotl is "entrenched in Mexican culture ... In fact, Monaghan says, axolotls are "the longest standing lab animal of any animal, longer than flies, longer than worms ...

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 ...