The Texas Blind Salamander spends its entire life in complete darkness, far below the bustling world above. Unlike most animals, it never sees the sun, nor does it experience the changing seasons.

It's tough to be a Texas blind salamander. Not only are you ugly, slithery, and totally blind, but you are also endangered. As rapid urbanization degrades the salamander's underwater habitat ...

Three Texas blind salamanders have hatched at San Antonio Zoo, marking the first time ever that the zoo has been able to breed the endangered species.

In a tiny stretch of caves under central Texas, the blind salamander reigns supreme. We'll look at their evolution and efforts to save the species.

Like many of the salamanders that live in the Edwards Aquifer region, the Texas blind isn’t a creature that many of us have encountered; it exists only in a small, circumscribed system of ...

A Texas blind salamander at the National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center in San Marcos, Texas, in 2011. The endangered species is found only in the Edwards Aquifer.

A Texas blind salamander rests on a rock in an aquarium at the San Marcos National Fish Hatchery in November 2013.Tom Reel /San Antonio Express-News The state of Texas and U.S. government list a ...

Critters The Ugly Ducklings: Ten Lesser-Known Texas Endangered and At-Risk Species These humble creatures don’t have the star power of ocelots and whooping cranes, but they’re just as crucial ...

Texas blind salamanders are the most well-known of 14 to 16 salamander species living in the fractured limestone of the Texas Hill Country. Gluesenkamp and Fenolio believe they may have discovered ...

UGLY IF NOT VENOMOUS; TWO GENUINE FIREPROOF SALAMANDERS. THE FAR-FAMED BEAST, A MYTH ALMOST IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE,BROUGHT TO NEW-YORK.

Others are a blindcat named Trogloglanis pattersoni, the Texas blind salamander and the famous Blanco blind salamander. Gluesenkamp said he met Hendrickson while attending graduate school at UT.