This summer’s 2012 Karst Field Studies program has been announced. Organized by the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute through its Center for Cave and Karst Studies and in cooperation with the …
Magistrates in the northern Bulgarian city of Pleven ruled Thursday in favor of environmentalists who claim that bats were harmed during the recent shooting of The Expendables 2 inside Devetashka …
The topic of the monthly USGS Science in Action public lecture series will be white-nose syndrome. Entitled “Bat White-nose Syndrome: There is a New Fungus Among Us”, the free lecture …
As part of a fundraiser for local flood relief efforts, some 20 cavers will be paying $100.00 USD each to gain access to a rarely visited section of Howe Caverns …
Researchers working in Lapa do Santo cave in central eastern Brazil have discovered what is believed to be the oldest rock carving found the Americas so far. Found in 2009, …
The mayor of the tiny island of Capri is taking a lot of flak over his plans to install floating pontoon board walks 45 meters (150 feet) from the entrance …
This weekend the filming of the second season of the PBS Series Bluegrass Underground will kick off. Recorded 101 meters (333 feet) below ground inside Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville, Tennessee, …
Deep inside Krubera-Voronja, the world’s deepest cave, European scientists have discovered the deepest-living land animal. Named Plutomurus ortobalaganensise, the tiny eyeless creature is a type of arthropod known as a …
A North Carolina hospital has temporarily closed until a colony of bats can be removed. Over the weekend officials from FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham, Richmond County, called for …
Last week during an open house in Highland, Utah, the National Park Service outlined its proposals for a new visitor center at Timpanogos Cave National Monument. To replace the “temporary” …
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