These residents include eyeless fish, cave salamanders and an endangered albino cave shrimp. I had visited five national parks before I visited Mammoth Cave, including the Grand Canyon, but it was at ...

From the arid deserts of the Negev to the lush forests of Galilee, Israel is home to a variety of unusual wild animals that ...

When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 ...

Salamanders are the only terrestrial vertebrates that possess the remarkable ability to regenerate limbs or tails. The vast majority of research on vertebrate regeneration is based on the axolotl ...

Helene interrupted the migration of more than 100 million birds crossing over Alabama, and triggered floods that swept thousands of North Carolina’s 30-inch-long hellbender salamanders to their ...

Two summers ago, field scientists dipped aquatic nets into a puddle on the highest peak of Doi Soi Malai mountain in ...

and the reintroduction of the native red-backed salamander. More than 500 species of animals, plants, and fungi have been ...

A similar change has happened more recently in eyeless cave fish, which have enhanced their other senses to compensate for the loss of their sight. While Lomankus’ lack of eyes was already a surprise, ...

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7.75 x 9.62 in. (19.7 x 24.4 cm.) ...