New paper by DarCo's team (Stefano Mammola , Adrià Bellvert & more) on the use of art to enhance communication about subterranean ecosystems and their conservation

Nearly a century after its initial discovery, a new study confirms the existence of the blind cave shrimp Typhlocaris lethaea in Lethe Cave, Benghazi, Libya, and documents its new distribution in the Al-Coeffiah caves. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi…

This is Barbodes klapanunggalensis, a new silvery barb species from the subterranean cave system of Klapanunggal karst area on Java Island, Indonesia. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #fish #caves #endemicspecies BRIN Indonesia Species Obscura

How do we communicate the importance of preserving sutberranean diversity to non-scientist communities? Non-scientific forms of communication such as art might offer a promising way forward. blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/27/uns…

Read&Share the newest paper in Subterranean Biology: On art, science, and the conservation of #subterranean #ecosystems doi.org/10.3897/subtbi…

🦇 Caves have long captivated human imagination. DarCo (#BiodivProtect) explores the power of collaboration between art and science to boost subterranean ecosystem conservation. doi.org/10.3897/subtbi…

Researchers of UNAM and UAEM characterized the δ13C and δ15N of seven cave populations of the cavefish Astyanax mexicanus from two karst regions in northeastern Mexico: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #cavefish #subterranean #ecology

Happy to share that our publication on our endemic cave Velvet worm (Speleoperipatus spelaeus) was published today. Imagine that one of the rarest velvet worms in the world is found in Jamaica. Wow. Both local and international scientists worked on this paper. Subterranean Biology

We look forward to more publications from Jamaican scientists.

Five specimens of the rare velvet worm Speleoperipatus spelaeus are reported from Jamaica's Pedro Great Cave. Find out more about this observation here: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #caves #endemicspecies #invertebrates Gonzalo Giribet

The Canary Islands hold the highest number of subterranean planthoppers of any region worldwide, with now 17 documented species of cave-adapted planthoppers, including three new to science described here: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi…

We'd like to announce the creation of a new data portal, hosted on GBIF infrastructure, where you can find data on biological occurrences and other details mentioned in our articles, to make it easier to access and use the biodiversity data we publish! subtbiol.pensoft.net/news/818

The abundance and distribution of the Monte Albo cave salamander (Speleomantes flavus) in caves mainly depend on microclimatic features, which are strongly affected by climate seasonality, researchers of Università degli Studi dell'Aquila demonstrate: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi…

Zadar in Croatia will be the home of the 35th European Congress of Arachnology, which will take place from August 31 to September 5! You can now register for the congress or submit your abstracts: subtbiol.pensoft.net/news/835

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Hades, god of the dead and king of the underworld, now has another title to add to his resume: deep-sea isopod. Read about five new #isopod species named after Greek mythological figures on the Pensoft blog! 🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2025/04/25/had…

Three new pseudoscorpions are described in the genus Tyrannochthonius. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #taxonomy #biodiversity #newspecies

A new species of horsehair worm, which parasitises Tachycines species, has been discovered from the karstic caves in the Wuling Mountains, China. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse.10…

Researchers define the Odorrana lipuensis group of karst-dwelling frogs and describe a new species, Odorrana calciphila, from Guangdong, China, based on molecular and morphological analyses. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse.10…