A team of researchers studying blind cave fish have discovered that two groups of fish, now separated Indian Ocean, are each other’s closest relatives. The team, made up of researchers …
Members of a southern Tasmania scout troop had to be rescued on Saturday after they found the exit from Bradley Chesterman cave was flooded. The group of 10 Venturer scouts …
Australian cavers have discovered a cave system in Queensland filled with fossils. The find, estimated to contain specimens up to 500,000 years old, is so dense with fossils that a …
Last weekend Australia’s NSW Cave Rescue Squad held a mock rescue in Argyle Cave in Bungonia National Park. The scenario involved rescuing an injured caver from Pitch 4, a 14 …
A previously unknown bat species is believed to have been the subject of a prehistoric cave painting in northern Australia. The paintings, which could be up to 25,000 years old, …
Tasmania’s Mole Creek cave system is under threat from an increase in visitors. Located in northern Tasmania at the foothills of the Great Western Tiers, Mole Creek karst area is …
A 34-year-old jet-skier became trapped in a sea cave on the south-eastern coast of Tasmania earlier today. Alerted around 1:30 pm, a police rescue helicopter was flown to the cave …
Declining groundwater levels in south-western Australia may result in the extinction of the aquatic creatures that live within the areas caves. Recent research published in the Journal of Australasian Cave …
A helicopter crash near Nowra, 129 kilometers (80 miles) south of Sydney, Australia has claimed the lives of it’s two occupants, world-renowned documentary filmmakers Andrew Wight and Mike deGruy. A …
After spending two weeks on their third expedition to the cave, a group of Australian divers have discovered a link between New Zealand’s Pearse River and the Nettlebed Cave system. …
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