Scientists have documented ghostly white “baby dragons” emerging from their underground world. For centuries, the olm—an elusive, cave-dwelling salamander often nicknamed a “baby dragon”—was believed to spend its entire life hidden in complete darkness within subterranean water systems. Adapted to extreme cave conditions, the species was thought to avoid the surface altogether. New research from northern Italy challenges this long-held assumption. Researchers recorded olm at 15 freshwater spring