Axolotls are obligate carnivores that eat earthworms, sinking soft pellets, bloodworms, blackworms, brine shrimp, and daphnia. Nightcrawler earthworms are the…
Axolotl Predators Explained: What Eats Them in the Wild, Why Introduced Fish Are the Real Threat, and How to Protect a Pet
In the wild, axolotls face introduced fish, water birds, and a few native hunters in their Xochimilco home. The biggest…
Why Is the Axolotl Endangered: The Xochimilco Habitat Collapse, Invasive Fish, and Why Millions of Pets Cannot Save the Wild Species
The wild axolotl is critically endangered because its only home, the canals of Xochimilco near Mexico City, has been drained,…
Axolotl Lifespan: How Long Axolotls Live in Captivity and the Wild, and How to Push Yours Toward the Upper End
A healthy pet axolotl usually lives 10 to 15 years, and a well-kept animal can reach 20 or more. Wild…
Fog, No Fog, Then Fog
We woke up to Shetland covered in thick fog. I know no flights got in or out this morning. But,…
Does Madge Miss Edna?
After a lovely morning in Sandness, Pepper had a grudging rest in the afternoon while I made another hand-felted Shetland…