Zoologists discovered a new fish species, Schistura densiclava, in Meghalaya's Krem Mawjingbuiñ cave, showcasing unique ...

Despite the cave’s remote location and inaccessibility, the team of researchers undertook a challenging expedition that led to the unearthing of this unique species of stone loach ...

The fish has a “humpback,” but also lacks the horn above its eyes present on related species. It was discovered in a cave in Zhenning County in China’s Guizhou Province, about 615 straight ...

commonly known as the blind cave fish, began to lose its eyes as it adapted to the perpetual darkness of underground cave systems. Over generations, maintaining energy-expensive eyes that served no ...

Live paratype of golden scaleless cave fish (Sinocyclocheilus xingrenensis sp ... the Xingren golden-line fish has large eyes but no scales, indicating an ongoing evolutionary shift. Shifting climates ...

Researchers conducting fish surveys in ... and other cave-related adaptations may also be recent on the evolutionary time scale. “Thus, together with the eyes and scales, we hypothesize that ...

Photo shows a representative cave ... bodies with no scales or pigment. Their “wide” heads have a “narrow” mouth and whisker-like barbels but no eyes. Photos show the “semi-translucent ...

A second, related new species was found in an underground river that feeds into a cave from a river on the surface, researchers said. The fish have reduced eyes caused by their life in the dark.

In a cave in China (not pictured), a small pool of water held a new species in the dark. Bruno van der Kraan via Unsplash In the mountainous farmland of southern China, a cave is nestled between ...