now known as the Texas blind salamander. Upon discovery, herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger described them as such: Leonhard Stejneger (reenactment): These animals, by want of external eyes and ...

The deep waters in which the Texas blind salamander navigates require no vision, but you can still catch a glimpse of two black spots on the salamander’s face where Its eyes should be.

The Texas blind salamander, along with the blind shrimp on which it feeds, lives only in a single pool of water in a central Texas cave. Only 60 Javan rhinos are left in the world, and they all ...

AUSTIN, Texas— The Center for Biological Diversity today won a legal victory requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate protected critical habitat in central Texas for the Georgetown ...

Do you notice anything unusual about this salamander? If you need a clue – in this cave there is usually no light. This is a Texas Blind salamander; a type of salamander that has no eyes.