Earlier today, caver Jason Gardner spoke with Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Ryk Goddard on his experiences exploring caves in Tasmania over the last 20 years. Gardner talks of his adventures exploring … Read More
Unknown to us here at Caving News, the same day that Petzl released its quirky video featuring the 2012 Wowo expedition, the original video was also uploaded to YouTube. The … Read More
A national cave rescue exercise last weekend saw 100 people participate in a mock rescue in New Zealand’s Greenlink cave system. The event, held every three years using funding from … Read More
A new Petzl video features the 2012 Wowo expedition to the Nakanai Mountains of Papua New Guinea. The footage, commentated by special agent professor Dingle, follows a team of twelve … Read More
Recent surveys of New Zealand’s Matainaka Cave have confirmed it, as of October 2012, as the world’s longest sea cave. Based on survey work by Nicholas Barth, Matainaka Cave, located … Read More
Australia’s Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands has just been recognized as one of the world’s most important wetlands. Located on South Australia’s limestone coast, Piccaninnie Ponds joins over 2,000 locations around … Read More
The ongoing record-setting heat wave in Australia is giving their large flying fox bats a hard time, causing hundreds to fall out of the sky. With record temperatures at nearly … Read More
An 18-year-old man was rescued from one of Australia’s Wombeyan Caves on Tuesday afternoon after a fall which left him unable to move. Rescue crews, including the Ambulance Service’s Special … Read More
In an interview last month with Radio Australia, caver/photographer Philip Bence discussed this years WOWO 2012 expedition to Papua New Guinea. This spring’s month-long trip to the Nakanai Ranges of … Read More
A newly discovered insect is one of many rare and endangered species that are threatened by the development of open-pit coal mine on the Denniston Plateau on New Zealand’s South … Read More
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