WALES, UK — A routine day exploring a river in Wales turned into a rare wildlife discovery for a 10-year-old girl and her mother. Evie Hill found a Mexican axolotl while wading in a river in Wales on ...
Axolotls are critically endangered amphibians native to Mexico, making this the first known wild sighting in the U.K. Experts believe the axolotl was abandoned by its owner and credit Evie with saving ...
"I caught it and brought it back," said Evie of the axolotl, spotted while visiting Wales with her mom Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first joined as a member of the PEOPLE App ...