Mysterious Life of Caves

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NOVA.
A classroom activity to explore where microbes do and do not grow.

Cave Biota

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From Hoosier National Forest, Indiana Karst Conservancy and the National Speleological Society.
A collection of video clips about cave life, including many interviews with scientists.

Blind Cavefish Can Produce Sighted Offspring

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Brian Handwerk, National Geographic News, January 8, 2008
Dr. Jeffery is interviewed in this piece.

Restoring Sight in Blind Cavefish

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Brief scientific paper on a genetics experiment demonstrating the genetic capability of blind cavefish to generate functional eyes.
Borowsky, R. 2008. Current Biology 18(1):R23-R24.

The Mexican Blind Cavefish Raises the Challenging Evolutionary Questions: Does disuse lead to degeneration of disappearance of a feature?

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PZ Myers, SEED, January 10, 2007
An accessible discussion of how traits are lost.

Hair structures of blind cavefish inspire new generation of sensors

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ScienceDaily, March 27, 2009
A practical application of sensory adaptations.

Scientists find clue to blindness in cavefish

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Science Daily, October 21, 2004
An overview of evo-devo research from the Jeffrey lab.

Caves: Extreme Conditions for Life

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NOVA
A video clip and background text on cave microbes.