New Research Brings Attention Back to Long Ignored Yukon Cave
February 19, 2015 / Canada, North America
New research sheds new light on often overlooked archaeological remains from a Yukon cave.
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New Technique Discovers Olms in Montenegro
February 18, 2015 / Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, EuropeUsing a new technique a team of researchers has found the first physical evidence of olms (Proteus anguinus), a rare species of aquatic cave-dwelling salamanders, in Montenegro.
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Upcoming Episode Features the Search for Antibiotics in Canada’s Caves
February 18, 2015 / Canada, North AmericaAn upcoming episode of the popular CBC show, The Nature of Things with Daivid Suzuki, follows scientists into British Columbia’s caves as they search for new antibiotics.
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Study Finds Cave Beetles Retain Some Ability to Thermoregulate
Scientists studying the relationship between species traits and their habitats used cave beetles which lived in relatively constant temperatures.
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Newly Discovered Cave Catfish Discovered in Brazil
February 12, 2015 / Brazil, South AmericaA small troglomorphic catfish has been recently discovered by researchers in Brazil.
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Stalagmite Suggests Pollution is Causing Reduced Rainfall in Belize
February 11, 2015 / Belize, North AmericaScientists have produced a rainfall record strongly suggesting that man-made industrial emissions have contributed to less rainfall in the northern tropics.
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Subterranean Water Flows into Oceans May Far Surpass Rivers
February 6, 2015New research suggests that subterranean processes could be sending far more water into the oceans than surface rivers.
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BCRA Announces 26th Cave Science Symposium
February 4, 2015The British Cave Research Association has just released some preliminary details of its annual Cave Science Symposium and associated field trip.
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Newly Discovered Indonesian Caves Show Evidence of Habitation
Artifacts found in three new caves discovered in the Karst hilly areas of Lake Sentani in Indonesia’s Papua province suggest habitation by prehistoric people.
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Video: Digging Ice Age Bones at Indiana Caverns
February 3, 2015 / Indiana, United States, North AmericaIndiana Caverns is not just about tourism. In a video recently uploaded to Facebook, Ron Richards, Senior Curator of Paleobiology at the Indiana State Museum, talks of the ongoing scientific dig.
