There are no official estimates of the current axolotl population, but the species endemic of central Mexico is ‘critically endangered’.

Through the glass of a fish tank, where academic institutions preserve them and hatcheries put them up for sale, axolotl are hard to spot. Their skin is usually dark to mimic ston

The axolotl is not just an amphibian in Mexico; it's a figure deeply rooted in Nahuatl mythology, associated with the god Xolotl.