Search results
3 gru 2021 · Deep in vast caverns of the Postojna cave network, a blind salamander found nowhere else on Earth is one of the star attractions both for visitors and the scientists unraveling its secrets.
- Europe's Most Beautiful Towns
Paris, Rome, Barcelona… Europe’s cities are bucket list...
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, Restaurants
Ljubljana, Slovenia, is getting more tourist attention....
- Guide to Melania Trump's Homeland of Slovenia
The starting point for most visits, Slovenia’s capital...
- Europe's Most Beautiful Towns
25 paź 2022 · The olm, a sightless salamander found in caves in Slovenia, Italy, and Albania, can live to be a hundred years old. Photograph by Nature Picture Library, Alamy Stock Photo. “This is the...
25 kwi 2016 · The salamander’s S-curve has been found carved into the weathered stone of at least one stećak, a type of medieval tombstone that lies scattered across the region.
20 lip 2010 · In the caves of Slovenia and Croatia lives an animal that’s a cross between Peter Pan and Gollum. It’s the olm, a blind, cave-dwelling salamander, also called the proteus and the “human fish ...
24 lut 2023 · These ancient versions of a salamander, usually about 8 to 12 inches long, diverged from other amphibians almost 110 million years ago, around the same time modern birds emerged. Slovenian olms live exclusively in subterranean caves in the Dinaric Alps, a mountain range of extreme biodiversity and a natural bridge between the Balkans and the Alps.
The blind cave salamander, or olm (Proteus anguinus) – which was mistaken for baby dragons in the past because of its appearance – is an endangered species only found in the Dinarides region in southern Europe. Its conservation status is vulnerable in most habitats where it is present.
20 cze 2016 · It lives in underground aquifers in Slovenia, surfacing only when floodwaters sweep it from its lair. At 30 centimeters, Proteus is a giant among salamanders, and—like most cave creatures—it has lost its eyes and its color.
