The discovery of a golden scaleless fish in China is helping scientists understand how animals evolved to live in caves.
A Barbodes klapanunggalensis, or Klapanunggal blind cave barb, seen in its natural habitat. Photo from M. Iqbal Willyanto via Wibowo, Willyanto, Dharmayanthi, Rahmadi and Lumbantobing (2025 ...
With high carbon dioxide, low oxygen and no photosynthesis, here’s how an entire ecosystem persists in Movile Cave, one of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Researchers took a closer look at the animals and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Barbodes klapanunggalensis, or the Klapanunggal blind cave barb. Klapanunggal blind cave barbs ...
The venomous centipede crawled into the Movile Cave millions of years ago and adapted to live in the pitch black, surrounded ...
It’s 95 times the voltage of a 9-volt battery. That’s how much power an electric eel can produce. It’s hard to believe that any species would want to eat something capable of delivering such ...