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Arkansas’ War Eagle Cavern Looking For Manager
January 14, 2015 / Arkansas, United States, North AmericaWar Eagle Cavern on Beaver Lake near Rogers, Arkansas is looking for a manager/manager trainee to work at the cave during the upcoming summer season.
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Flooded Missouri Mine is a Subterranean Kayaker Paradise
January 14, 2015Subterranean Kayaker Don Marsan can’t get enough of the Crystal City sand mine, a 6-million-square-foot cavern carved into a Mississippi River bluff about 30 miles south of St. Louis.
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Researchers Solve Mystery of the Alpine Long-eared Bat
A research group looking into the puzzling distribution of Alpine Long-eared Bat have found answers by analyzing five other vertebrates that have a similar geographical distribution.
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New Hope for Stemming Spread of White-Nose Syndrome
January 14, 2015 / Georgia, United States, North AmericaResearchers looking to microbes and naturally-occurring anti-fungal volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are hopeful that the new ammunition will help in the battle to save North American bats from white-nose syndrome.
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Attend Carter Caves’ 6th Annual Winter Adventure Weekend
January 14, 2015 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaKentucky’s Carter Caves State Resort Park is holding their 6th Annual Winter Adventure Weekend, next weekend January 23rd to 25th.
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SUV Hungry Sinkhole Opens Over Old Mine Shaft
January 14, 2015 / Colorado, United States, North AmericaA large sinkhole opened in Lafayette, Colorado above what used to be the main shaft of the Simpson coal mine — leaving a 15 foot (4.5 meter) deep hole in the middle of the street.
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Video: I Love The Whole Cave
January 13, 2015A new take on the Discovery Channel’s famous The World Is Just Awesome commercial from 2008 has just been uploaded to YouTube, and it’s just as awesome.
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South Dakota’s Jewel Cave Nearing 175 Miles Long
January 13, 2015 / South Dakota, United States, North AmericaCavers recently extended the known length of South Dakota’s Jewel Cave to 173.89 miles (279.849 kilometers) long.
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Hoosier National Forest Cave Closure Extended to 2017
January 13, 2015 / Indiana, United States, North AmericaOfficials have renewed the closure order of caves in Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest.
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The Spectacular Ice Caves of Colorado’s Rifle Mountain Park
January 13, 2015 / Colorado, United States, North AmericaFour ice caves — the Ice Palace, Soul On Ice, Stone Tree and The Final Curtain — are located inside of the park.
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New Compass Version Updates Magnetic Declination Models
January 13, 2015A recent update to Compass, the popular cave survey software, extends the magnetic declination models, the angle between true and magnetic north, to 2020.
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Changes to Proposed Rules Allow Bridal Cave’s Signs to Remain
January 12, 2015 / Missouri, United States, North AmericaThe Missouri cave will be keeping its traffic generator signs despite a proposed rule that originally would have had seen the signs removed.
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Scientists Discover How White-Nose Syndrome Kills Bats
January 12, 2015For the first time since White-nose Syndrome appeared in 2006, scientists have developed a detailed explanation of how devastating the disease has killed millions of North American bats.
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Watch: The Madagascar Karst Exploration Project
January 12, 2015 / Madagascar, AfricaFollow this crack team of cave divers as they journey into Madagascar’s fossil filled graveyards and flooded caves.
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Three Trapped Cavers Rescued From Gaping Gill
January 12, 2015 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeIn its second call out of the year, members of Yorkshire’s Cave Rescue Organisation came to the aid of three cavers after they became trapped in North Yorkshire’s Gaping Gill on Sunday.
