Stirring in the depths under the Slovenian countryside, in a cave system hundreds of feet below the surface, a strange pale 'dragon' is carefully nursing her valuable clutch of eggs. The olm or ...

The first 'baby dragon' from a batch more than 60 eggs has hatched in the caves deep below the Slovenian countryside. It emerged from its egg earlier this week in the Postojnska caves in Slovenia, ...

All salamanders are fascinating creatures with their elongated bodies and sub-aquatic lifestyles. Cave-dwelling salamanders ...

Researchers recently scanned the heads of blind cave salamanders to learn how the species’ dark, aquatic environment shaped its senses. Using X-ray micro-computed tomography, they were able to map the ...

Olms are cave-dwelling amphibians found near the Adriatic Sea that live in dark, subterranean freshwater systems. A long-term study revealed that olms rarely move, often staying in the same location ...