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Inaugural SCCi Photo Contest Winners Announced
March 20, 2015 / United States, North AmericaThe Southeastern Cave Conservancy (SCCi) has just released the winners of its first annual photo and video contest, held earlier this year.
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No Takers: Australia’s Jenolan Caves Remain For Sale
The Jenolan Caves have failed to secure a private lessee, more than two years after Australia’s New South Wales government opened it up for privatization.
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Chinese Cavers Find Enormous Transparent Tadpole
A team of cavers stumbled across a massive 14 centimeter (5.5 inch) tadpole while wading through a stream in a cave near the city of Zunyi in south-western China’s Guizhou province.
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New Book Features the Caves of Ohio’s Adams County
March 19, 2015 / Ohio, United States, North AmericaA new book on the caves of Ohio’s Adams County has recently been published.
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Petition: Save India’s Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat
An online petition has been launched in hopes of protecting an endangered bat species only known to reside in a single cave, from a nearby granite mining operation.
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Watch: Underground Biking at Louisville Mega Caverns
March 19, 2015 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaGet a first hand view of what it’s like to ride the underground trails at Louisville Kentucky’s newest attraction, Mega Caverns’ Mega Underground Bike Park.
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Cave Diver Jill Heinerth is the Featured Speaker at Upcoming Event
March 18, 2015 / New York, United States, North AmericaCelebrated cave diver and environmentalist Jill Heinerth is slated as the speaker at an upcoming event held by Oceanblue Divers, one of the nation’s largest dive clubs, in New York City on Thursday, March 26th.
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Backyard Sinkhole Reveals Mysterious Room
March 18, 2015 / Pennsylvania, United States, North AmericaA sinkhole that appeared in the backyard of a home in Lebanon, Pennsylvania ended up opening into a mysterious man-made underground room.
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Cavers Discover Paleolithic Cave Art in Northern Spain
Cavers stumbled upon some Paleolithic cave art earlier this month during explorations in the Cantabria region of northern Spain.
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Build 2015-03-17 of the Walls Cave Survey Program Released
March 18, 2015A new version of Walls, the popular cave survey data management program for Windows, was released on St. Patrick’s Day.
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Video: Explore Emergency SRT Options for Cavers
March 18, 2015In his second video, YouTube user Groundquest Caving recently explored some potential makeshift SRT equipment cavers can attempt to use as a last resort.
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Scientists Describe Two Tiny Glassy Snails Discovered in Northern Spain
Two tiny, glassy snails found in 2012 during a 17-cave sampling expedition of Northern Spain have been described.
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Watch: Freediver Exploring Underwater Caves in Malta
If cave diving isn’t extreme enough of an activity, check out this video of Freediver Youbuur exploring the Comino Island caves of Malta without any air.
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ISU Students to Search Cave for Human Head
March 17, 2015 / Idaho, United States, North AmericaIn attempt to find a human head, missing since 1979, Idaho State University students are using forensic anthropological analysis to scan one of the Civil Defense Caves in Dubois.
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Inside the Ice Caves of Iceland’s Breidamerkurjokull Glacier
The Daily Mail is back with another set of mesmerizing photographs of Iceland’s ice caves; this set taken by Nicolas Brousse inside the Breidamerkurjokull Glacier.
