Meet The Axolotl — The Salamander That Can Regrow Its Own Brain

The axolotl may look cartoonishly harmless, but beneath its frilly gills lies one of evolution’s most astonishing survival abilities: functional brain regeneration.
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Why the Axolotl Is Called the Walking Fish

Axolotl. Image by LoKiLeCh, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons. In the rich tapestry of Earth’s species, few animals ...
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Sheila Johnson’s third act

MIDDLEBURG, Va. — As a woman of considerable means, Sheila Johnson has the luxury of choice. The 75-year-old billionaire could choose to spend the majority of her time anywhere in the world, be it an ...
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The race to save the Japanese giant salamander

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of international visitors traveled thousands of kilometers each year to Nichinan, Tottori Prefecture, to see an ancient creature found only in the rivers of ...
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Millions of Chinese giant salamanders are bred in captivity, but they are heading towards extinction in the wild

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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A small salamander only found in part of the N.C. mountains could go extinct, group warns

The Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander has lived in a small enclave of the Blue Ridge Mountains for 12 million years, but its population has taken a big hit over the past twenty years. The U.S. Fish ...