MayaCon 2012: NSS Convention Update #2
Since Opening Day on Monday, things at Mayacon have been hopping non-stop. All of the salons, are now in full bloom, and the entries in all categories has been extremely …
Since Opening Day on Monday, things at Mayacon have been hopping non-stop. All of the salons, are now in full bloom, and the entries in all categories has been extremely …
Greetings from Lewisburg, West Virginia! With over 1,000 cavers pre-registered for this annual event, the 2012 NSS Convention is set to be a fantastic event! This year’s Convention is looking …
The National Park Service is asking the public their opinion on changes being proposed at Utah’s Timpanogos Cave National Monument. The changes propose improvements to the current visitors center, a …
This summer Jewel Cave National Monument will be hosting a number hands on educational programs for kids. The programs, which include such exciting topics as “How Do You Map a …
The state of Maine is asking residents and pest control companies to give bats a break this summer in order to help preserve their population in the wake of white …
After just reopening its caves to visitors, it has been announced that a bat at Iowa’s Maquoketa Caves State Park has tested positive for Geomyces destructans, the fungus that causes …
A fossil found in a Missouri cave has been identified to belong to a long extinct type of shark. Initially discovered a few years ago inside Smallin Cave near Springfield, …
In an effort to try and slow the spread of white-nose syndrome, Tennessee has extended it’s closure of caves on state lands that began in 2009. The directive which closed …
A dog was rescued from a deep cave in Tennessee’s Union County recently after it was heard barking by hunters. On Saturday, June 2nd two hunters in the Fullerton Bend …
An initial report from the recent annual white-nose syndrome meeting indicates that scientists are making progress into understanding the disease which has been decimating bats since 2006. In her account …