The popular salamanders are nearly extinct in the wild, where they are confined to a small system of canals in Mexico City. But a new study suggests released axolotls could thrive in their natural habitat as well as artificial wetlandshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/captive-bred-axolotls-can-survive-in-the-wild-offering-hope-for-the-critically-endangered-amphibians-180986543/
Nearly a dozen of the works on view in "Picasso: Tête-à -tête" at the Gagosian Gallery in Manhattan have never been on public display beforehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-rare-pablo-picasso-masterpieces-curated-by-his-daughter-paloma-180986508/
Conservationists recently introduced 15 of the polka-dotted marsupials into a protected area of New South Waleshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-eastern-quolls-get-released-on-mainland-australia-in-a-new-bid-to-reestablish-the-magic-little-animal-180986545/
Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from a semi-aquatic creaturehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-single-prehistoric-bone-might-rewrite-the-history-of-the-worlds-strangest-mammals-180986541/
Created by artist Jennie C. Jones, the new exhibition features a trio of towering musical instruments made from concrete and aluminumhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hear-the-wind-play-these-stunning-stringed-sculptures-in-the-mets-new-rooftop-art-installation-180986489/
DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic similarity to their counterparts in the Levanthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/carthaginians-ancient-romes-infamous-enemies-are-not-exactly-who-scholars-thought-they-were-ancestry-study-suggests-180986513/
Irish-born Kevin Farrell was entrusted by Pope Francis with running the Holy See and carrying out the rites and rituals that would surround his death as pontiff.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/the-american-cardinal-running-the-vatican-between-popes-5fb2b6a8
His pinball-machine style hinges on his advisers’ personal fealty. This will mean more trouble ahead.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chaos-is-embedded-in-trumps-dna-foreign-policy-0511581f
Beijing probably can keep its economy afloat until the U.S. midterm—which is likely all it needs.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-china-can-win-trumps-trade-war-tariffs-economy-time-midterms-f6028b7f
Rather than reform welfare, some in the GOP want to ‘fight’ pharma companies.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/republicans-for-price-controls-rather-than-reform-welfare-some-in-gop-want-pharma-fight-949228f8
Build on the good of what Francis achieved while focusing on doctrinal clarity.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-the-church-needs-in-the-next-pope-catholicism-papacy-cc558a24
My Kentucky Derby party shows how attitudes have shifted.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gambling-generation-gap-kentucky-derby-horse-race-f9c48ea9
They’re pretty sweet. Private-school tuition and lavish homes for school employees are exempt.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/you-wont-believe-the-tax-breaks-for-professors-c7e4644a
Readers react to the coarsening of American society.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/civility-grace-who-is-hennessey-kidding-trump-classy-d0ebcabb
David Denby replies to a review of his book.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/joseph-epstein-dismisses-four-eminent-jews-book-review-9c9f8659
Mark Carney benefited in Canada as Senate Democrats did in Georgia.,https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trumps-history-of-defeating-conservatives-canada-georgia-f0a667fb
The latest NFIB survey also finds that fewer employers are handing out raises.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/fewer-small-firms-report-job-openings-60a89619
The Trump administration will not renew grants worth $1 billion that were aimed at boosting mental health services in schools, a Department of Education official said.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-discontinues-1-billion-school-mental-health/story?id=121360858
Two children and one adult were struck by a car outside a church in Sullivan's Island, a beach town just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, authorities said.https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-kids-1-adult-struck-car-church-sullivans/story?id=121368445
Adam Stahl, TSA senior official performing the duties of the administrator, discusses essential details regarding Real ID.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/tsa-new-real-id-requirements-121360082