Delicate paper flowers, cut, painted, and layered like small rosettes, survived for roughly a millennium after being sealed inside a cave on China’s Silk Road. The discovery is a reminder that ...

The discovery of a golden scaleless fish in China is helping scientists understand how animals evolved to live in caves.

In two villages in the Guizhou Province of China, sloping caves hold water below the surface. Their openings lead down nearly 1,000 feet to large pools of water, their total expanse unknown because of ...

Locals found a “blunt”-headed river creature near a cave in China and discovered a new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Hong-Fu Yang via Lei, Pu, Yang, Zhu, Mo, Liu, Wang and Bi (2025 ...

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, ...

Scientists found an aquatic cave creature with “visible” internal organs in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Shi, Chen, Che, Dao, Liu, Wang, Yang and Wang (2025) At the ...

In karst caves in southern China, two new species were discovered in cages set by researchers. Rui Marinho via Unsplash In two villages in the Guizhou Province of China, sloping caves hold water below ...