ABCDark World
Research lab on Biospeleology and Herpetology
Who we are
We are a team of researchers with a strong passion for biospeleology and herpetology
News
You can find here a ll the updates on our activities
Research projects
Here we show our main research activities and collaborations
Conferences
Find all the information related to the conferences organized by our group
Photo Galleries
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Collaboration
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Misteries in the Dark
We love to explore subterranean environments and discover what is hidden therein! These beautiful and fascinating environments, as well as the biodiversity living therein, are still poorly known and understood. This makes our activities so exciting!
Not only biospeleology
We also have a strong passion for herpetology, thus besides herp species (mostly amphibians) inhabiting subterranean environments, we also study amphibians and reptiles from any type of environment.
Saving the "Dark" Biodiversity
Every species has an important role within the inhabited ecosystem, including those living underground. Our main purpose is to improve the knowledge on our model species and provide useful information for their conservation.
The dark world awaits to be explored!
Interested in what we do?
Sampling our target species for the METALCAVE project (April 2025)
Here some photos from our last trip. In this occasion we sampled entire individuals of Dolichopoda...
Presenting activities and preliminary results of our projects METALCAVE and Sub-BioMon to the conference “Risorsa idrica e cambiamenti climatici: dall’emergenza alla tutela della biodiversità”
This event took place in L'Aquila (Italy) on 28/02/2025
New issue of Acta Herpetologica vol 19(2) (2024)
Link to the volume: Acta Herpetologica ...