Siffre’s story started in 1939, in Nice, on the Mediterranean coast of France – but it wasn’t until 1962 that the events that ...

They were particularly interested in genes in the eyes, known as the Retinal Determination Network (RDN). It was discovered that the sine oculis gene plays a role in the development of eyes in ...

Scientists Stumble on First-of-a-Kind Golden Cavefish That Still Appears To Be Evolving, Baffles Them Deep within the dark ...

A team of explorers rappelled into the shaft-like cave and found a “pinkish” animal living in a cold river of the “deep dark zone.” Take a look.

Eventually, they reached a cold river in the “deep dark zone of the ... species to show typical cave-adapted traits, such as its “reduced pigmentation and eyes,” researchers said.

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis ...

I’ve always been a creature of darkness — in my external environment, if not in my soul. For decades, my workspaces have been ...

The co-creators of Lost in Random and Fe have returned with a terrifying new tale built with clay.

The new study showed that the frequency of people with dark skin was still high in parts of Europe until the Copper Age (also ...

Spiders living in caves show how tiny genetic changes can reshape vision or cause complete blindness over generations.

Why would prehistoric humans carry their youngest children deep into the winding, pitch-black recesses of ancient caves?