Description of two new species of stygobitic amphipods from groundwater habitats in Nye County, Nevada, USA: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #caves #newspecies #taxonomy

The thermal tolerance of the cave-dwelling beetle Anillochlamys tropica is notably lower than that of most surface insects, this study found. #beetles #climatechange #subterranean doi.org/10.3897/subt...

🕸️ So, the recent discovery of what is thought to be the world's largest #spider structure in the world published in our #openaccess scientific journal @subtbiol.pensoft.net made it on TV📺 as part of the Die Welt! www.welt.de/wissenschaft...

The really cool, and interestingly uncanny, part is the chemoautotrophy. A little ecosystem running in complete darkness off the oxidation of sulfur.

World's largest spider web found in Balkan cave www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...

The @nytimes.com are the latest major news outlet to cover our mind-blowing spider cave study! ➡ For the study, head to doi.org/10.3897/subt... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...

An extraordinary spider colony was found in a cave on the Albania-Greece border. Comprising over 100,000 spiders, the network spans a surface area of over 100 m². This discovery was published in our journal Subterranean Biology: doi.org/10.3897/subt... Video by @vrenozina.bsky.social

Arachnophobes, look away. www.livescience.com/animals/spid...

The incredible story about the spider colony at Sulfur Cave covering an area of 100 m² and comprising an estimated 69,000 individuals, published in Subterranean Biology and now made popular all over the media! www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3722343...

Two new subterranean springtail species of the genus Schaefferia are described. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #springtails #evolution #phylogeny

A spider colony of 69,000 individuals of Tegenaria domestica and more than 42,000 of Prinerigone vagans, covering a surface area of over 100 m², was found in Sulfur Cave, a chemoautotrophic sulfidic ecosystem located on the Albania-Greece border. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/subt...

An assessment of the combined effects of temperature and humidity on the survival of four Pyrenean cave beetles. #climatechange #beetles #subterranan @um.es doi.org/10.3897/subt...

Ever wondered if #colonial spider webs can exist... in a #Sulfur #Cave?! Yes, it’s real—and it is between Albania🇦🇱 and Greece🇬🇷! This study reveals how #Tegenaria domestica form dense colonies in a toxic cave ecosystem—supported by sulfur-based chemoautotrophic life. 🕷🕸

An extraordinary colonial spider assemblage was discovered in Sulfur Cave, a chemoautotrophic sulfidic ecosystem located on the Albania-Greece border. Learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #spiders #caves #subterranean @vrenozina.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

A study of terrestrial isopods in Mesovoid Shallow Substratum habitats across Portufal identified 12 species belonging to five families, including one new to science. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/subt...

Adult Allegheny cave amphipods (Stygobromus allegheniensis) are capable of surviving the unique tectonic ice caves of New York’s Shawangunk Ridge during extreme winter conditions, this study found: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #troglobites #caves #invertebrates

A first confirmed occurrence record of the gecko Cyrtodactylus ziegleri in lava caves in Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark in Vietnam: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #geckos #biodiversity #lavacaves

Two new species of the large Asian millipede genus 𝐸𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑠 have been discovered in caves in the Wuling Mountains, Hunan Province, China. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse....

A study exploring the macrozoobenthos assemblages in stream environments within Western Caucasus caves, focusing on the interplay between surface, ecotone, and subterranean habitats: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #ecotone #ecology #stygobionts

A large diversity of cave mites and other arthropods were uncovered in the Nullarbor caves in southern Australia, including two genera of Neotrombidiidae showing remarkable extremes in larval body form. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/subt...

Coming to the 35th European Congress of Arachnology? You can win a free publication in a journal of your choice thanks to our publisher @pensoft.net ! subtbiol.pensoft.net/news/835

"If water is life, then groundwater is its lifeblood." A forum paper on collaborative global eDNA study in groundwater ecosystems! doi.org/10.3897/subt...

A new copepod species, the second endemic Elaphoidella for Vietnam, is described: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #endemicspecies #newspecies #stygobionts #biodiversity

An investigation of nucleolar organizer regions and C-heterochromatin in Turkish populations of the subterranean rodent Ellobius lutescens: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #cytogenetics #subterranean #rodents

A new cave-dwelling species of the genus 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑎 is described from southwest China. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse....

#NewSpecies! New atyid shrimp from #vietnam just swam by: Caridina xuanlien Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A50CBB9C-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #ZooKeys #CaridinaXuanlien #FAIRdata #science #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #arthropods #crustacea #shrimps

Gene expressions related to sensory communication in blind mole-rats may play a role in seismic vibration detection, this study suggests. #echolocation #geneexpression #molerats doi.org/10.3897/subt...

The only known extinct species of the beetle subfamily Catopocerinae (Leiodidae), Archaeocerus uenoi Perreau, 2019, is redescribed. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #extinction #fossils #taxonomy ‪@dhaelewa.bsky.social @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social @michieldegroot.bsky.social

We made a few terabytes of images, which were reconstructed to create 3D images over the past couple of years by Michel back in Paris, resulting in this paper! Doesn't it still look like he has the ~99 million year old wind blowing through his antennae?

Back in 2022, @dhaelewa.bsky.social, Iva Njunjić (@taxonexpeditions.bsky.social), Warre van Caenegem and I went to the Synchrotron in Grenoble to image very small fossil beetles in very small pieces of amber. The resulting paper is now out! (With more to come) subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/1542...

🕷 Two new tarantula species are described from the forest grounds of the Libmanan Caves Natural Park in the Philippines. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #caves #spiders #tarantulas

"Our study showed that standard subterranean sampling devices do indeed capture individuals of invertebrate species present in the depth range of 40 to 90 cm in the scree layer." 🔓 Study: doi.org/10.3897/subt... @unibas.ch

Mixtacandona thessalica is a new non-marine ostracod species collected in a sulfidic cave in central Greece. Learn all about it in this research article: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #subterranean #ostracods #taxonomy @quaternaryostracod.bsky.social

An obituary piece for cave biologist Daniel Wu Fong, who passed away on April 25, 2025. doi.org/10.3897/subt...

For the first time, the centipede Lithobius peregrinus is confirmed to occur in Romania. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #biodiversity #centipedes #subterranean

Further awareness of white-nose disease is needed in Europe and Asia, where specific guidelines for limiting the spread of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans are still to be developed, this study found. #bats #conservation #pathogens doi.org/10.3897/subt...

We got our new Scopus CiteScore - another year with an increase in our academic impact! subtbiol.pensoft.net/news/893

The first complete data collection on Apulian subterranean fauna organised according to modern standards of data sharing: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #biodiversity #subterranean #fauna

The cave brittle star Amphicutis stygobita is a small microphagous deposit-feeding brittle star that survived and grew in captivity by consuming detritus rich in microorganisms and a sticky biofilm containing extracellular polymeric substances. More about this species at doi.org/10.3897/subt...

An updated list of cave-associated wolf spider species in Colombia, with the description of one new species: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #caves #biodiversity #subterranean

Bernier Cave in The Bahamas contains a rare and possibly unique niche that has allowed for the evolution and survival of the endemic brittle star Amphicutis stygobita, this study found: doi.org/10.3897/subt...

Found in an underground gallery created some 2,000 years ago, this is Baeticoniscus carmonaensis, a new isopod species. Find out all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #crustaceans #isopods #taxonomy #invert

Lifting barriers to knowledge, our content is now available on @biodivlibrary.bsky.social, the world’s largest open-access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. blog.pensoft.net/2025/05/20/p...

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....

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....

#NewSpecies! New pseudoscorpion from #china just pinched us: Tyrannochthonius rudongyanensis Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/D2880C01-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #SubterraneanBiology #TyrannochthoniusRudongyanensis #FAIRdata #biodiversity #conservation#arachnids #pseudoscorpions