An engraving of a reindeer in a South Wales cave could be among the oldest rock art found in Britain. An analysis completed on July 27th, 2011 dated the image …
Slovenia’s Postojna Cave has just welcome it’s 34 millionth visitor. One of the countries main tourist attractions, it’s fitting that the visitor who crossed the mark was a tourist from …
This past Tuesday a boatload of tourists had to be rescued after they became trapped in a Gloup Cave in northern Scotland’s Pentland Firth. The rigid-hulled inflatable boat, the North …
Wired has an intriguing article out on the dangers of diseases that are found underground. While many of us cavers have been affected by a disease affecting bats, how many …
In a tragic accident last Friday in Pakistan, Iranian caver and alpinist Leila Esfandyari, lost her life. She fell while climbing Gasherbrum II (also known as K4), the 13th highest …
A 65-year-old woman in Guatemala City recently discovered a sinkhole, 12 meters (40 feet) deep and almost 1 meter (3 feet) across, under her bed. “When we heard the loud …
In an effort to try to protect bats from White-nose Syndrome, acting Regional Forester Jerome Thomas extended the emergency order to close all caves and abandoned mines in the Rocky …
In celebration of 2011 being the “Year of the Bat“, a photo contest of the flying critters has been announced. The goal of the contest is for photographers to”convey their …
The UK’s Daily Mail has an interesting photo story out on 25-year-old cave diving photographer Liz Rogers and her visit to the Piccaninnie Ponds cave system on the Limestone Coast …
A brand new issue of the journal “Speleogenesis & Evolution of Karst Aquifers” has just been launched. This 11th issue, the only one to be released in 2011 contains “six …
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