We were trying to learn how certain animals lost their regeneration capacity during evolution and then put back the ...

Axolotls might be cute enough to feature in a wide variety of games, TV shows, and children's toy brands, but that's not all that makes them special: The species is also exceptionally good at ...

A University of Sydney study uncovers the critical role of the Zelda gene in ensuring successful tissue regeneration. Researchers found that Zelda helps guide proper tissue recovery and prevents ...

The genome contains many repeated sequences and segments that may contribute to the axolotl’s remarkable regenerative abilities. Interestingly, despite its size, the axolotl genome doesn’t necessarily ...

Regeneration, the ability to heal damaged or lost tissues, is both an everyday and a real-life superpower. Health research ...

Axolotls have a superpower: The adorable, perpetually smiling salamanders have the ability to regrow missing body parts in just a few weeks. Now, in a new study that scientists say could one day ...

These glow-in-the-dark axolotls can regrow lost limbs — and scientists say studying them could eventually help humans do the same.

Axolotls, which are aquatic salamanders, biologically control the amount of acid in their limbs to grow the precise amount of a limb lost to injury, Monaghan said.

Researchers are studying axolotls -- "small, smiling salamanders" -- in the hopes of learning how humans might one day regrow arms or legs.

6. Axolotls have become increasingly popular in recent years. James Monaghan, professor of biology at Northeastern, said that he used to have to explain what axolotls were approximately 20 years ago.