Both the Michigan & Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced earlier today that their states have become the 24th & 25th states in the U.S. to confirm white-nose syndrome. Three …
Subterranean Biology, the open access journal published by Pensoft on behalf of the International Society for Subterranean Biology, is now available at the KarstBase on Speleogenesis. This latest addition puts …
A three-week expedition was mounted this past November after cavers from the South Africa’s Speleological Exploration Club stumbled upon hominid fossils. Cavers Steve Tucker and Rick Hunter had been exploring …
The next NSS CaveNet webinar, featuring the aquatic cave biology of submerged caves, has just been announced. The informal presentation for the non-scientist, about the animals that may be encountered …
Cavers, by their nature, aspire to fit into places where no one has been before, squeezing into voids, hopeful to discover something new. Dr. Penny Boston’s research is no different; …
Scientists have recently discovered a new species of a peculiar cave-dwelling snail in one of the 20 deepest cave systems in the world, Lukina Jama–Trojama in Croatia. Dubbed Zospeum tholussum, …
For the first time, a female olm has been observed laying eggs in Slovenia’s Postojna cave. Although the species, Proteus anguinus, has been able to reproduce in captivity without problems, …
An international team of scientists have recently discovered five new species of bats in West Africa. The team, made up of researchers from the Czech University of Life Sciences and …
A bat found in Saudi Arabia has tested positive Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a new type of coronavirus similar to SARS. First reported in Saudi Arabia in September 2012, …
This past July 24 students from the Dayton Regional STEM School in Kettering, Ohio participated in an intensive, hands-on, three-week course focused on the science and history of Kentucky’s Mammoth …
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