Grotta della Monaca 2012 Calendar Released
An exquisite new calendar for 2012 has been released that features Grotta della Monaca, an extensive cave located in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. …
Europe Caving News
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New Research Reveals Bats Hear Like We See
December 4, 2011 / Germany, England, United Kingdom, EuropeRecent research by scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Munich have given us a better understanding of how bat echolocation works. The study, which involved placing objects in a …
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Santa Cave Bound this Holiday Season
December 3, 2011 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeSanta will be spending this holiday season at his underground grotto inside Kents Cavern, one of Devon’s most well-known tourist attractions. Children are invited to join Mother Christmas and the …
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A Dangerous Weekend in Yorkshire After Heavy Rains
November 29, 2011 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeHeavy rains this past weekend in the Yorkshire Dales caused trouble for cavers. On Sunday evening, the Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation had reports of six separate incidents of cavers being …
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Bulgarian Bats Flee From Expendables 2 Shoot
Recent filming inside Bulgaria’s Devetashka cave has apparently had a huge impact on the important bat habitat, with the bat population plummeting by 3/4. The scene shot in the cave …
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5th International Workshop on Ice Caves Announced
Entirely devoted to research on ice caves, the 5th International Workshop on Ice Caves: IWIC-V will be taking place from September 16th to 23rd, 2012. Following past workshops in Romania, …
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Videos Released of Recent Italian Cave Rescue
Videos of the recent rescue of Italian caver, Anna Bonini, have been placed online by the Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico (CNSAS), the organization that responded to the accident. …
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England’s Battery Swallet Close to Major Breakthrough?
For the last three years, members of the Mendip Caving Group have been working on an excavation at England’s Battery Swallet. The diggers are getting close now to the top …
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Movie Shoot Disturbs Bat Colony in Bulgaria’s Devetashka Cave
An inspection prompted by the Green Balkans NGO has led experts to believe that the preparation for the shooting of “The Expendables 2” has had a serious impact on the …
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Rescue Underway to Extract Injured Italian Caver
A cave rescue is currently underway in Serle, in the northern Italian province of Brescia. According to initial reports, Anna Bonini a 36-year-old novice caver, suffered a fractured tibia and …
