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.
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.
Researchers have found a cave microbe that produces a compound which inhibits Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats.
An international team of scientists is beginning its second field season of research at Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave, which has previously yielded prehistoric fossils.
For 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.
Recent research shows that a deadly fungal infection afflicting snakes is eerily similar to the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats.
A 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.
The 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.
A three-day expedition to Alabama last November has yielded researchers from the University of Florida and Indianapolis some previously unknown invertebrates.
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.
The 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.