The feathery gilled pink salamanders stop aging early and can regenerate their limbs. Studying them could be the next step in ...

This extended development, also known as neoteny, is thought to be central to humans' advanced cognitive and learning abilities. On the other hand, it has been hypothesized that disruptions of ...

When humans see pandas, we are subconsciously affected by what developmental biologists call neoteny, the retention into adulthood of certain infant characteristics. That cute baby face and ...

A new study by Mexico's UNAM predicts that axolotls will completely disappear from their native Xochimilco canals in 2025.

The axolotl is a unique amphibian famous for its ability to regrow lost limbs. This creature lives in water and has feathery ...

proliferative phenotype (a kind of cellular neoteny). Note that similar results can be obtained by the failure of the tissue control mechanism owing to senescence or chronic inflammation that ...