Twelve-year-old Connor Dailey of Decatur has created a series of video cartoons about a popular salamander that already has ...

You may have come across axolotls – those smiling amphibians with pink, plume-like gills – in pet stores, as plush toys, or even featured in video games. Yet, their growing presence in popular culture ...

Last year, it was the axolotl that took pride of place on many products, and the endangered amphibian remains popular. Owls, hedgehogs, foxes and sloths also had recent turns in the spotlight.

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Axolotls have become especially prevalent in youth culture, partly because younger people find them "incredibly cute," Monaghan says. "They're pink, they have feathers," but aren't birds.