axolotl

Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts have identified gene "partners" in the axolotl salamander that, when activated, allow the neural tube and associated nerve fibers to functionally regenerate after severe spinal-cord damage.

Cute as an Axolotl: Discovering the World's Most Adorable Animals (The World of Weird Animals)

Colette is responsible for aquatics and cares for everything from corals, fish and lobster to axolotl salamanders, starfish and aquatic insects.

Colette is responsible for aquatics and cares for A-everything from corals, fish and lobster to axolotl salamanders, starfish and aquatic insects.

It goes far beyond simply mimicking design, and researchers are also focusing on mimicking abilities like that of the axolotl salamander which can regenerate its limbs.

It's fascinating to watch the wide variety of striking-looking exotic fish and other critters, such as discus and arowana fish from the Amazon River Basin, datnoid (tiger fish) from Indonesia and Thailand, green spotted puffer fish from Southeast Asia, freshwater stingrays from South America, and axolotl salamanders from Mexico.

When, in October and November of 1980, I was reading Cortazar's short stories "Axolotl" or perhaps "Casa tomada"--I had not yet begun to tackle Rayuela--and listening to anecdotes from my professors who had spent time with Cortazar during his brief stay in Norman, one hundred students at the University of California at Berkeley were attending a minicourse, made up of eight classes, taught by the late novelist and short-story writer.

Celebrated on the festival circuit, a daring film by director Helena Hegemann, "Axolotl Overkill," premieres in Germany.

A commonly used salamander species, Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), has lifelong lasting neoteny and does not undergo metamorphosis naturally.

Studies of axolotl regeneration are ongoing in order to understand the differences between regenerating and nonregenerating wounds.