A newly discovered golden cave fish in southwestern China is giving scientists an unprecedented look at evolution in action.

The previously unknown Xingren golden-line fish appears to be still evolving for cave life. . | Credit: Xiao M-Y, Wang J-J, Luo T, Zhou J-J, Xiao N, Zhou J (2025), Zoosystematics and Evolution (CC ...

Live paratype of golden scaleless cave fish (Sinocyclocheilus xingrenensis sp. nov). Credit: Xiao M-Y / CC BY 4.0 Researchers in China have discovered a previously unknown golden scaleless cavefish, ...

Some golden-line fish have lost their scales and eyes as part of adaptations to cave life — there's no point having eyes if it's too dark to see anything. The newfound species, which the ...

Scientists have struck gold while searching for fish in a Chinese cave, having discovered a brand-new species that’s not only got a gilded exterior, but also appears to still be evolving.

Between 2012 and 2020, Chinese researchers conducted extensive surveys of the underground waterways in Guizhou. Their efforts led to the discovery of seven specimens of an unfamiliar cave-dwelling ...

In 1960, Dale Green and his friends discovered and explored a cave in Utah. After having gone through its narrow turns and passages lined with clay, the texture of soft, brown putty, they named it ...

One thing you should remember while catching almost every Secret fish is that the progress speed will be almost near -80% or 90%. That is why we recommend using a fishing rod with the Steady or ...

Mar. 26, 2025 — Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the biological production of light -- is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring ...