Newly Discovered Cave Catfish Discovered in Brazil
February 12, 2015 / Brazil, South America
A small troglomorphic catfish has been recently discovered by researchers in Brazil. Read More
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New Cave-Dwelling Flatworm Species Discovered in Brazil
January 29, 2015 / Brazil, South AmericaBrazilian researchers studying the karst area of Brazil’s Bodoquena Plateau have discovered the first cave-dwelling flatworm species in South America. Read More
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Video Features GPME’s 2013 Goias Expedition in Brazil
August 14, 2013 / Brazil, South AmericaBrazil’s Pierre Martin Speleology Group (GPME) has released a video of their recent expedition in their home state of Goias. Conducted between July 20th and 28th, this expedition continued the … Read More
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New Species of Troglobitic Tarantula Discovered in Brazilian Caves
March 27, 2013 / Brazil, South AmericaA new species of cave dwelling tarantula has been discovered in the sandstone/quartizitic caves of Brazil’s Chapada Diamantina National Park. Described by Brazilian researchers in the current issue of the … Read More
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Proposed Iron Mine Threatens to Destroy Historic Caves
December 16, 2012 / Brazil, South AmericaA planned expansion of one of the world’s largest iron-ore mining complexes is threatening to destroy dozens of archaeologically significant caves in the Amazon. Vale, a Brazilian metals and mining … Read More
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Brazilian Researcher Describes New Species of Cave Dwelling Gastropod
December 15, 2012 / Brazil, South AmericaA new genus and species of cave dwelling cavernicolous pomatiopsidae has just been described. First discovered in 2005 in a cave in Serra do Ramalho, Bahia, Brazil, Spiripockia punctata is … Read More
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New Book on Brazil’s Caves Launches Later this Month
November 14, 2012 / Brazil, South AmericaA new book highlighting Brazil’s caves is being launched later this month. Titled Caves in Brazil (Cavernas no Brasil), the soon to be released book promises to take readers on … Read More
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Large Chamber Discovered in Brazil’s Santana Cave
November 2, 2012 / Brazil, South AmericaMembers of the Pierre Martin Speleology Group (GPME) are celebrating the recent discovery of a large new chamber in Brazil’s Santana Cave. First discovered on September 7th, the chamber, filled … Read More
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Amazon’s Lost Caves Causing Problems for Proposed Iron Mine
June 21, 2012 / Brazil, South AmericaRecent discoveries in caves beneath the Amazon jungle are causing a problem for a planned mining operation. Cavers exploring some of the estimated 1,000 caves in the area have discovered … Read More
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Ancient Use of Sandstone Caves in the Brazilian Amazon: Dark Zone Rock Art
May 11, 2012 / Brazil, South America / By Luiz TravassosIn May 2012, Dr. Luiz Eduardo Panisset Travassos and his PhD student Bruno Durão Rodrigues went to the Brazilian Amazon Forest to register the probable first Brazilian case of rock … Read More
