Photographer Marcio Duranc recently captured some amazing shots inside Brazil’s beautiful Poco Azul Cavern where the water is so clear, it isn’t obvious where it begins.
A small troglomorphic catfish has been recently discovered by researchers in Brazil.
Brazilian researchers studying the karst area of Brazil’s Bodoquena Plateau have discovered the first cave-dwelling flatworm species in South America.
Brazil’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 …
A 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 …
A 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 …
A 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 …
A 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 …
Members 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 …
Recent 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 …
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