Today’s Google Doodle is a celebration of Lake Xochimilco, a natural lake near Mexico City that also happens to be the last remaining habitat for the axolotls—a species related to the salamander.

Axolotls are a rare passive mob that players can encounter when exploring lush caves within Minecraft. Axolotls were added to the Caves and Cliffs update, and since then, players have been hard at ...