Axolotls, with their signature smiles and pink gills, are the celebrities of the salamander world. But they are more than just cute: They might also hold the secret to regenerating human limbs.

News How Do Axolotls Know Which Tissue to Regenerate? Molecular signals after severing an axolotl arm direct the remaining cells how to regrow the limb, offering potential implications for ...

Find out what you need to know about axolotls, including their habitat, life cycle, and what makes them unique.

Axolotls can regrow limbs. Could they one day help us do the same? A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in humans.

Axolotls May Hold the Key to Regrowing Limbs, and Scientists Are Unraveling Their Secrets to Help Humans Do the Same With the help of gene-edited axolotls, researchers have gotten one step closer ...