Mammoths Killed by Abrupt Climate Change
Abrupt warming, that closely resembles the rapid man-made warming occurring today, is being credited as a major factor in repeated mass extinction events of large animals.
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Natural Yeast Byproduct Found to Inhibit White-Nose Syndrome Fungus
July 22, 2015 / Illinois, United States, North AmericaResearchers have found a cave microbe that produces a compound which inhibits Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats.
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Research Resumes at Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave
July 16, 2015 / Wyoming, United States, North AmericaAn international team of scientists is beginning its second field season of research at Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave, which has previously yielded prehistoric fossils.
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Researchers Return to Missouri’s Devil’s Well
July 9, 2015 / Missouri, United States, North AmericaFor the first time in over 30 years, cavers with the Cave Research Foundation entered Missouri’s Devil’s Well, home to the largest known underground lake in the state.
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Snake Fungal Disease Parallels White-Nose Syndrome
June 26, 2015 / United States, North AmericaRecent research shows that a deadly fungal infection afflicting snakes is eerily similar to the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats.
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Prehistoric Walking Bat Man Discovered in New Zealand
June 22, 2015 / New Zealand, OceaniaA large prehistoric bat species that is three times as large as an average modern bat and walked on its limbs, has been discovered in New Zealand.
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Scientists Determine Yucatan Skeleton is at Least 12,000 Years Old
June 19, 2015 / Mexico, North AmericaThe examination of a skeleton found in Hoyo Negro, part of the Sac Actun system in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, confirms that it is one of the oldest yet found in the Americas.
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Short Alabama Expedition Finds New Spider Species
June 18, 2015 / Alabama, United States, North AmericaA three-day expedition to Alabama last November has yielded researchers from the University of Florida and Indianapolis some previously unknown invertebrates.
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Video: Geologists Conduct Earthquake Research in Caves
Follows geologists as they look to find a better understanding of earthquakes and tectonics in the Eastern Alps by looking at caves in Austria and Greece.
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Cave Deposits Hold Clues to Prehistoric Climate Changes
June 1, 2015The analysis of a stalagmite from a cave in north east India can detect the link between El Nino conditions in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian monsoon, a new study has found.
