According to Google Trends, searches for axolotls shot up in June 2021 after Minecraft added them to its game. “Nobody knew what an axolotl was in 2020,” Derr said. “Now, everybody knows ...

The axolotl has a deeper story: as its presence grows in pop culture, the wild population of only one lake hovers on the ...

"Minecraft is enormously popular ... Monaghan also thinks that children's animation has had something to do with the rise of the axolotl's stardom. "I don't know if it's actually the motivation ...