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Rare, Blind Catfish Never Before Found in U.S. Discovered in National Park Cave in Texas

By Guest PostJuly 5, 2016Natureaquifer, basintoothless blindcat, blind catfish, edwards trinity, mexican blindcat, national park cave, prietella phreatophila, rio grande, Satan eurystomus, texas, trogloglanis pattersoni, widemouth blindcat

AUSTIN, Texas — An extremely rare eyeless catfish species previously known to exist only in Mexico has been discovered in Texas.

Dean Hendrickson, curator of ichthyology at The University of Texas at Austin, identified the live fish, discovered in a deep limestone cave at Amistad National Recreation Area near Del Rio, Texas, as the endangered Mexican blindcat (Prietella phreatophila). The pair of small catfish, collected by a team in May, have been relocated to the San Antonio Zoo. (more…)

Automated age-progression software lets you see how a child will age

It’s a guessing game parents like to ponder: What will my child look like when she grows up? A computer could now answer the question in less than a minute.

University of Washington researchers have developed software that automatically generates images of a young child’s face as it ages through a lifetime. The technique is the first fully automated approach for aging babies to adults that works with variable lighting, expressions and poses. (more…)

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Rare, Blind Catfish Never Before Found in U.S. Discovered in National Park Cave in Texas

Automated age-progression software lets you see how a child will age