Q: A friend told me some time ago of seeing blind cave fish in a Lanesborough cave. What is your opinion? T.C., Pittsfield A: My guess is that your friend saw some small fish that were swept into the ...

The Mexican cave fish (code name: Astyanax mexicanus) isn't just blind and eyeless, it also has a shrunken brain. Exactly how it ended up that way is a bit of an ...

In eastern Mexico’s underground caverns and streams, a blind fish undergoes a peculiar adolescence: as it approaches maturity, taste buds begin to sprout under its chin and on top of its head, ...

The discovery of a golden scaleless fish in China is helping scientists understand how animals evolved to live in caves. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...