Don’t let the cute faces fool you, axolotls are predators that only eat meat. In captivity, they primarily eat worms. In the wild, they’ll eat almost anything that’s accessible, which could ...

If an axolotl doesn’t get adequate nutrition, it may resort to eating its tankmates’ limbs as a snack. While axolotls can ...

This collection of axolotl salamanders has become the largest self-sustaining population in the world. The AGSC staff maintains an average breeding population of 1,000–1,200 adults, as well as a ...

But urban sprawl, contaminated water and non-native fish that like to eat young axolotls have led to the salamander’s near-total collapse, according to population surveys. The axolotl is not the ...