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iBats iPhone & Android App Released
June 28, 2011 / United Kingdom, EuropeA team of British bat researchers have developed an iPhone and Android app that can be used to identify and geolocate bats. The program, dubbed iBats picks up the bats …
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Cave Safety Survey Requesting Responses
June 28, 2011A study currently being done to “explore best-practice approaches for educating people about caves and their associated hazards”, is calling for cavers to give feedback on their experiences. The project, …
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Three Spanish Cavers Rescued from Pierre Saint-Martin System
A team of five Spanish cavers exploring the Pierre Saint-Martin / Gouffre des Partages cave system in the French Pyrénées ran into some trouble on Saturday. The group was attempting …
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Senate Subcommittee Hearing on White-Nose Syndrome Recap
June 26, 2011 / United States, North AmericaOn Friday, the U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing entitled “Why We Should Care About Bats: Devastating Impact White-Nose Syndrome is Having on One of Nature’s Best Pest Controllers” met with bat …
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Lascaux: The Prehistory of Art
This video goes inside one of the world’s most fascinating museums, the Lascaux caves, to examine the richest and most beautiful collection of Paleolithic cave drawings in France. The Lascaux …
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Interview with Caver Rescued from Sinking Cove Cave
June 24, 2011 / Tennessee, United States, North AmericaRecently WAFF 48 News had an opportunity to talk with 52-year-old Dirk Siron, who last month was the subject of a major rescue in Sinking Cove Cave in a remote …
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Memorial Remembers Cave Diver Eric Establie
Last weekend a memorial was erected in Labastide de Virac, France for Eric Establie who disappeared during a dive in Dragonnière de Gaud on October 3rd, 2010. Family, friends and …
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Watch U.S. Congress’ White-Nose Syndrome Hearing Live
June 23, 2011 / United States, North AmericaNina Fascione, the Executive Director of Bat Conservation International, will testify tomorrow during an oversight hearing of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs on: “Why …
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Nightline’s Documentary on Dave Shaw’s Dive into Bushman’s Hole
June 23, 2011 / South Africa, AfricaIn 2005, Nightline covered a story on cave diver Dave Shaw, one of only nine people who have dived below a depth of 240 metres (800 feet) on self-contained underwater …
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International Union of Speleology Holds Anthem Competition
June 22, 2011The Arts and Letters Commission of the International Union of Speleology has recently put out a call to all caving musicians to create an anthem for the UIS. The winning …
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New Cave Exhibit Opens at the Schiele Museum
June 21, 2011 / North Carolina, United States, North AmericaThis past weekend marked the opening of a new cave exhibit at the Schiele Museum in Gastonia, North Carolina. The man made cave which took the museum staff six months …
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Researches Explore Cave Found At Entrance to Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Cave Research Unit have completed an exploratory survey of a cave that was discovered during construction works for a new train station at the entrance …
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White-Nose Syndrome Infected Bats Surviving
June 19, 2011 / United States, North AmericaA study recently released reveals evidence that bats are surviving White-nose sydrome and even continuing to reproduce. A maternity colony of little brown bats in northern New York was monitored …
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Cave Diving Accident Results in Death of Lithuanian Cave Diver
On June 12, 2011, three Lithuanian divers set out to explore a recently discovered ballistic missile shafts in south west Latvia that had been flooded. Although the first dive was …
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Fire at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
June 18, 2011 / New Mexico, United States, North AmericaA fire that broke out on the Carlsbad Caverns National Park scenic loop road early this week has burned over 30,000 acres and forced a closure of the caves until …
