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 ...

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 ...

In a dark cave in southern China carved out by a subterranean river, a “golden” creature sat hidden from the world. It was a new species of cavefish — one of many poorly known or undiscovered fish ...

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, ...

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 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 ...