salamander

Scientists are worried about the future of the axolotl, an unusual Mexican salamander, and they’re asking for help.

Scientists are worried about the future of the axolotl, an unusual Mexican salamander, and they’re asking for help.

Scientists are worried about the future of the axolotl, an unusual Mexican salamander, and they’re asking for help.

Sena Ishikawa and Saki Anan, master’s students studying giant salamanders at Kyoto University, washing a caught salamander to prepare it for DNA sampling and having a chip implanted for tracking.Credit...

Rachel Nuwer and Chang W. Lee each joined a nighttime salamander hunt in Kyoto, Japan, and visited a herpetology lab at Kyoto University while reporting this article.