A cave-dwelling fish has been swimming the waters of India unknowingly. But researchers have just discovered the mysterious fish, which they named Schistura densiclava, in Meghalaya’s Krem Mawjymbuin ...

In two villages in the Guizhou Province of China, sloping caves hold water below the surface. Their openings lead down nearly 1,000 feet to large pools of water, their total expanse unknown because of ...

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Scientists found a “long”-legged creature in a cave at the bottom of a sinkhole in Argentina and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Romero-Rincon and Lopes Ferreira (2025) At the ...

Vietnam is known for karst landscapes characterized by rich biodiverse caves that researchers say likely host more new species. Nguyen, Stoev, and Vu (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution Vietnam is ...

Scientists found an aquatic cave creature with “visible” internal organs in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Shi, Chen, Che, Dao, Liu, Wang, Yang and Wang (2025) At the ...

Caves can be thought of as nature’s original prefabricated homes. Here are five animal species that choose to live in them. While the image of early humans huddled in caves has become an almost ...

An underground stream winds through a vast Illinois cave few people know about. Wade through cool water and explore one of ...

In karst caves in southern China, two new species were discovered in cages set by researchers. Rui Marinho via Unsplash In two villages in the Guizhou Province of China, sloping caves hold water below ...

At the bottom of a sinkhole in a hard-to-reach cave of western Argentina, a pale yellow creature with “long” legs climbed across a pile of bat guano. Something about it caught the attention of ...