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PBS Series Bluegrass Underground Films Season 2 this Weekend
February 22, 2012 / Tennessee, United States, North AmericaThis weekend the filming of the second season of the PBS Series Bluegrass Underground will kick off. Recorded 101 meters (333 feet) below ground inside Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville, Tennessee, …
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Deepest-Living Land Animal Found in Krubera-Voronja Cave
Deep inside Krubera-Voronja, the world’s deepest cave, European scientists have discovered the deepest-living land animal. Named Plutomurus ortobalaganensise, the tiny eyeless creature is a type of arthropod known as a …
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Bats Causes Evacuation from a North Carolina Hospital
February 21, 2012 / North Carolina, United States, North AmericaA North Carolina hospital has temporarily closed until a colony of bats can be removed. Over the weekend officials from FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham, Richmond County, called for …
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New Timpanogos Cave Visitor Center Proposals Unveiled
February 21, 2012 / Utah, United States, North AmericaLast week during an open house in Highland, Utah, the National Park Service outlined its proposals for a new visitor center at Timpanogos Cave National Monument. To replace the “temporary” …
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Archived USFWS WNS Webinar Presentations Now Available Online
February 20, 2012 / United States, North AmericaThis past January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service held the first of a series of webinars on white nose syndrome. The goal of the webinar, which was restricted to …
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Poll: Do you belong to a caving organization?
February 20, 2012Recently we were wondering how many of our readers are actually members of an organized caving group, whether it be their local club or grotto or a national organization like …
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Cavers Remove Trash & Debris from Goodwin Pit Cave
February 20, 2012 / Missouri, United States, North AmericaThe first stage of a project to remove trash an debris from Goodwin Sinkhole and Goodwin Pit Cave began recently. Since the late 1950’s Goodwin Sinkhole near Montreal, Missouri has …
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Caving News Releases Mobile Upgrade
February 20, 2012Late last night Caving News got a bit of a face lift. The new site is responsive in that it allows the layout of the site to adapt based upon …
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Bats Causing Trouble at South Carolina School
February 19, 2012 / South Carolina, United States, North AmericaDuring the past three weeks, South Carolina’s Fountain Inn Elementary School has been having trouble with bats inside the building. First seen in the school’s gymnasium, it was promptly closed …
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2011 Speleo Photo of the Year Winners Announced
February 18, 2012The votes have been counted and the results are in. The 2011 Speleo Photo of the Year photography contest saw 198 entries submitted by 26 photographers from Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, …
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Construction Workers Discover Cave in Crete
Construction workers in a small village in Crete discovered a magnificent cave full of stalagmites and stalactites this past Tuesday. The workers, who were placing new biological treatment pipes, immediately …
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Cayman Crystal Caves Developer Responds to Concerns
February 17, 2012 / Cayman Islands, North AmericaThe developer behind what is to be called the Cayman Crystal Caves is adamant that the development at the caves will not have a negative impact. Concern for the bats …
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Bats in Ohio’s West Woods Test Positive for WNS
February 17, 2012 / Ohio, United States, North AmericaBiologists have confirmed more cases of white nose syndrome in bats hibernating in Ohio after bats in The West Woods in the Russell and Newbury Townships tested positive for the …
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Google Street View Heads Underground in Japan
Google Street View, which provides 360-degree street-level imagery around the world, recently moved off the street. Google sent one of their teams to record Japan’s Akiyoshi-do Cavern in it’s full …
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Excavation at Bat Cave Outrages Caymanians
February 15, 2012 / Cayman Islands, North AmericaMany Caymanians are furious after a photo showing a large excavator at the mouth of the bat caves in North Side in the Cayman Islands was put on Facebook. In …
