A bacteria that lives naturally in soil has been discovered to act like an antidepressant. Known as Mycobacterium vaccae, the bacteria increases serotonin and norepinephrine levels in the brain which …
The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Caves has just been published by Academic Press. Edited by William B. White & David C. Culver, the outstanding reference book is made …
Six paintings of seals in a Spanish Cave are now thought to be the oldest works of art ever found, surpassing those in Chauvet Cave in southern France by 10,000 …
Researchers using a fragment of finger bone that was found in 2008 in the Denisova Cave in Southern Sibiria have successfully sequenced the entire Denisovan genome. A 2010 draft version …
A number of abandoned military bunkers along the border between Israel and Jordan have become an unexpected refuge for a number of endangered bats. The bats found the Israeli bunkers …
Recent discoveries made by researches from Texas A&M University at Galveston are providing a glimpse into how life formed in the Earth’s oceans, millions of years ago. The researchers have …
This fall the 12th International Symposium on Pseudokarst kicks off in Spain. Organized by the UIS Commission for Pseudokarst, Clube Espeleolóxico Maúxo and the Instituto Universitario de Xeoloxía “Isidro Parga …
New findings by a Chinese geologist suggests that Malaysia’s popular Gua Tempurung show cave is actually much older than previously thought. Although earlier studies had shown that the cave was …
Researchers studying the cenotes of the Yucatán have discovered a record of climate change that dates back to the Pleistocene – 15,000 years ago – in a cenote located between …
Earlier this week the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced that their biologists now estimate that at least 5.7 million to 6.7 million bats have now died from white-nose syndrome …
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