Researchers hiked into the rainforest of Esmeraldas Province several ... Santiago Ron told McClatchy News via email. “They live underground, have reduced eyes and are rarely seen.

Dubbed caecilia truncata or the truncated caecilian, the 19-inch, pale-gray critter is a type of elusive, legless amphibian that lives underground in South American rainforests. Caecilians look ...

Imagine walking through the bustling streets of Brisbane, Australia, only to realize that beneath your feet lies the ghostly ...

In the rainforest of Costa Rica, a soil-dwelling fish with skin-covered eyes maneuvered through the mud. Its small size and underground lifestyle likely helped it go unnoticed — until now.

Check out our stories here. Berlin’s bloodworm eels were found living about two feet underground in swampy, muddy areas of the rainforest, the study said. They are “the latest addition to the ...