The findings strengthen the case that regeneration is an old trait, offering insights into how complex tissues rebuild themselves.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Axolotls are native to Mexico and critically endangered in their habitat, but in scientific laboratories they're finally giving up ...

Axolotls, the permanently aquatic salamanders native to Mexico, can regrow limbs, spinal cords, and even parts of their hearts. But recent research has revealed something that caught scientists off ...

Axolotls are known for their ability to grow back just about any body part that is bitten off by a predator, but the trigger for this regeneration was a mystery until now. It turns out that retinoic ...

Some animals in the world possess the ability to regenerate tissues, allowing them to regrow parts of limbs or entire limbs ...

A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in humans. Axolotls are native to Mexico and critically endangered in their ...