The Texas Blind Salamander ... By shining a light on this rare salamander, we also draw attention to the need to protect all forms of life—especially those that dwell in the planet’s darkest ...

Yet the Blanco blind salamander, a species native to Texas, is one of the collection ... That’s one big draw to the study of invertebrates, they said, which might otherwise seem dull.

now known as the Texas blind salamander. Upon discovery, herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger described them as such: Leonhard Stejneger (reenactment): These animals, by want of external eyes and ...

It's tough to be a Texas blind salamander. Not only are you ugly, slithery, and totally blind, but you are also endangered. As rapid urbanization degrades the salamander's underwater habitat ...

Texas blind salamanders are the most well-known of 14 ... growing in population in the U.S. None of the water systems that draw water from the Edwards Aquifer use any kind of treatment process ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — Three Texas blind salamanders have hatched at San Antonio Zoo, marking the first time ever that the zoo has been able to breed the endangered species. The San Marcos ...

Like many of the salamanders that live in the Edwards Aquifer region, the Texas blind isn’t a creature that many of us have encountered; it exists only in a small, circumscribed system of ...

A Texas blind salamander rests on a rock in an aquarium at the San Marcos National Fish Hatchery in November 2013.Tom Reel /San Antonio Express-News The state of Texas and U.S. government list a ...

AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — Environmentalists sued Texas to try to save an endangered blind salamander and other species threatened by a highway project. The Austin blind salamander and Barton Springs ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — Three Texas blind salamanders have hatched at San Antonio Zoo, marking the first time ever that the zoo has been able to breed the endangered species.