Where There Is No Light
Podcast |
Evolution Talk
Publisher |
Rick Coste
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
History
Natural Sciences
Science
Publication Date |
Apr 24, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:10:14

In 2015,a spelunker named Joachim Kreiselmaier discovered a troglobite, a species that lives in underground environments, in the Danube-Aach cave system in South Germany. This small, pale fish had an elongated body, large nostrils, and minuscule, non-functional eyes. It was the first species of cave fish found in Europe and was related to loaches from the nearby Danube River. These cave fish lost their eyesight and pigmentation not because they stopped needing them, but due to evolution by natural selection. 

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