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Rescuers Retrieve Caver Injured Deep Underground
A caver was rescued from deep within a Spanish cave after a fall on Saturday left him injured three kilometres (1.8 miles) from the entrance.
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Video: Bungee Jumping Inside Bulgaria’s Prohodna Cave
If caving isn’t extreme enough of an activity, one of the popular spots for bungee jumping in Bulgaria happens to be the 45 meter (147 foot) deep entrance of Prohodna Cave.
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Prehistoric Walking Bat Man Discovered in New Zealand
June 22, 2015 / New Zealand, OceaniaA large prehistoric bat species that is three times as large as an average modern bat and walked on its limbs, has been discovered in New Zealand.
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Explorer Rescued After Becoming Trapped In Southern Ontario Cave
June 22, 2015 / Canada, North AmericaA solo cave explorer spent more than 13 hours trapped in a southern Ontario cave over the weekend after getting stuck in a deep crevice.
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Video: Pushing Leads in West Virginia’s McClungs Cave
June 22, 2015 / West Virginia, United States, North AmericaFollow along with a survey team as they push a lead in West Virginia’s McClungs Cave during this first episode of Wild Caving!
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Watch: Sid Perou’s Historic Beneath the Pennines Series
June 21, 2015 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeStep back to 1976 for a visit into the backbone of England in this five part series, titled Beneath the Pennines, which was recently uploaded to YouTube.
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Watch: A Four Team Mine Rescue Training Exercise
June 20, 2015 / Wales, United Kingdom, EuropeFour cave rescue teams recently joined forces in Cwmystwyth for a training exercise to search the valley’s old lead mines, some dating back to Roman times, for missing cavers.
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Bug Fixes & Improved Mac Support Come with Latest Survex Update
June 19, 2015For the second time this month, a new version of Survex, an open source cave-surveying software package, has been released.
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Scientists Determine Yucatan Skeleton is at Least 12,000 Years Old
June 19, 2015 / Mexico, North AmericaThe examination of a skeleton found in Hoyo Negro, part of the Sac Actun system in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, confirms that it is one of the oldest yet found in the Americas.
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Video: Cavers Visit New York’s Ella Armstrong Cave
June 19, 2015 / New York, United States, North AmericaJoin cavers for a trip to The Northeastern Cave Conservancy’s Ella Armstrong Cave, a short vertical cave located in Albany County, New York.
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Short Alabama Expedition Finds New Spider Species
June 18, 2015 / Alabama, United States, North AmericaA three-day expedition to Alabama last November has yielded researchers from the University of Florida and Indianapolis some previously unknown invertebrates.
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2015 Bracken Flight Dates Announced
June 18, 2015 / Texas, United States, North AmericaNatural Bridge Caverns has announced the dates for the 2015 Bracken Bat Flight where visitors have the opportunity to witness the evening emergence of the world’s largest bat colony.
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Watch: Compact Cavers Conduct Cave Conservation
June 18, 2015 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeCavers with the Dudley Caving Club undertook some extremely delicate conservation work during a recent visit to Shatter Cave, one of Britain’s best decorated caverns.
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Iranian Cavers Receive National Environment Award
Only six years after its foundation, the Iran Caving & Speleology Association was recently recognized with an National Environment Award for its efforts protect caves and karst.
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Manitoba Proactively Lists Two Bats as Endangered
June 17, 2015 / Canada, North AmericaThe Canadian province of Manitoba announced that two bat species would be added to their list of endangered species in a release on Tuesday.
