Cavers found an “extraordinary,” first-of-its-kind spider colony in a cave along the Albania-Greece border, photos show and a study said. Photo from Marek Audy via Urák, Vrenozi, Głąbiak, Lecoquierre, ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more sense than ever. Gabriele Gouellain waits in the kitchen of her ...

Scientists found a pale creature with “sharp” in a cave in China and discovered a new species, a study said and photo shows. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto In a mountainous cave of southeastern China, ...

In a cave in China, a camouflaged creature was found at dusk. Li S, Mu L, Jing J, Liu J, Cheng Y, Wang B (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution When rain falls in southern China, it creates crevices, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russell Mullett receives indirect funding from the Australian Research Council through the partnership agreement with Monash University to undertake research projects. He is affiliated with the ...