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.

In the Talmud, the baby Hezekiah is saved from the fires of the dreaded Moloch when his mother smears him with salamander blood. Perhaps someone sees something similarly magical in the Texas blind.

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The salamander fossil dates back to between 20 million and 30 million years old and was found in an amber mine. The amber sample containing the hatchling measures under an inch in length.

Federal officials have proposed adding four Central Texas salamander species for the endangered species list and designated 6,000 acres of Central Texas as critical habitat.

The spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) belongs to a genus of salamanders that are categorized as mole salamanders. This genus has 5 representatives in Texas, and this particular species ...

Baby hellbender salamanders don't stand a chance against their fathers who have gone rogue and started cannibalizing their offspring. For the past eight years, scientists from Virginia Tech have ...

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. Eric Gay/AP.

The groundwater salamanders of Central Texas — just 2 to 3 inches long — swim in springs, underwater caves and channels deep within limestone rock in the local Edwards and Trinity aquifers.

AUSTIN, Texas — We're no strangers to drought in Central Texas. In fact, words like "drought," "water conservation" and "water shortage" tend to lose their meaning after multiple years of below ...

Droughts aren't new in Texas -- one in the 1950's set records -- but this one could beat that. Rain was so rare back then that when it finally rained in West Texas on April 25, 1951, the event was ...