A team of explorers rappelled into the shaft-like cave and found a “pinkish” animal living in a cold river of the “deep dark zone.” Take a look.

In a cave of southern China, some “large” creatures swam through “heavily polluted” water. Something about their brown, scaly bodies caught the attention of visiting scientists — and for ...

Previous research suggested that golden-line fish moved into caves when China was drying up — so there was less water outside — towards the end of the Miocene epoch (23 million to 5.3 million ...

Sinocyclocheilus xingrenensis, or the Xingren golden-lined fish, has a “golden yellow” body with a “slightly translucent white” dorsal fin and black gills, according to the study. Black markings dot ...

Scientists found an eyeless river creature with a “visible” skull in a cave of southern China and discovered a new species. Photo from Qin, Liu, Zhang, Shi, Du and Zhou (2025) In an ...

In caves in a south-central China village, a creature with large eyes shows evolution in action. Xiao M-Y, Wang J-J, Luo T, Zhou J-J, Xiao N, Zhou J (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution In the ...