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Family Dispute Rages Over Virginia’s Luray Caverns
March 27, 2013 / Virginia, United States, North AmericaAll is not well at Virginia’s Luray Caverns. A recent article in the Washington Post has shed light on a huge family dispute that has seen the popular attraction as …
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New Species of Troglobitic Tarantula Discovered in Brazilian Caves
March 27, 2013 / Brazil, South AmericaA new species of cave dwelling tarantula has been discovered in the sandstone/quartizitic caves of Brazil’s Chapada Diamantina National Park. Described by Brazilian researchers in the current issue of the …
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Hellhole Bat Survey Finds Populations Devastated
March 26, 2013 / West Virginia, United States, North AmericaA recent bat survey at Hellhole, West Virginia’s largest and most important bat cave, has discovered further devastation of its bat population due to white-nose syndrome. On February 23rd three …
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Sneak Peek: Inside the April 2013 Issue of NSS News
March 26, 2013The April 2013 issue of NSS News is on its way and will soon be arriving in mailboxes. This annual cave conservation issue, assembled by NSS Conservation Division Chiefs Val …
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Kentucky Cave Confirmation Kills Proposed Landfill Development
March 25, 2013 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaPlans to build a coal ash landfill in Kentucky have been halted after a permit was denied last week by the Kentucky Division of Waste Management. For the last two …
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Woman Rescued From Tennessee’s Fox Hole Cave
March 25, 2013 / Tennessee, United States, North AmericaA woman was rescued from Tennessee’s Fox Hole Cave on Saturday night after falling and becoming trapped about 300 meters (1000 feet) into the cave. The 40-year-old Alabama woman had …
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Sign Up For Upcoming NSS Webinar on Cave Surveying
March 24, 2013The next NSS CaveNet webinar, featuring an introduction to cave surveying, has just been announced. The presentation, covering the basics and some of the other intricacies of cave surveying, will …
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Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns to Host Bat Day
March 23, 2013 / Arizona, United States, North AmericaIn celebration of the return of the Myotis velifer bat colony to Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns, the state park will be holding Bat Day on April 13th. The event, a celebration …
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This Week on CaveChat: March 16th – 22nd, 2013 Edition
March 22, 2013 / By David GrimesCaveChat.org is the official forum of the National Speleological Society. Since its creation in 2005 CaveChat has quickly become the go to place for everything related to caving. With more …
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2012 Wowo Expedition: The Original Film
March 22, 2013 / Papua New Guinea, OceaniaUnknown to us here at Caving News, the same day that Petzl released its quirky video featuring the 2012 Wowo expedition, the original video was also uploaded to YouTube. The …
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FESPA to Hold Second Cave Safety Conference
Northern Spain’s Asturian Speleological Federation (FESPA) has just announced its second conference on caving safety and cave rescue. This two-day event, scheduled for April 6th and 7th, 2013, comes just …
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Ask Cavers: What is the Best Cave Survey Book?
March 20, 2013Surveying a cave is a complex undertaking. It generally involves amateur surveyors working in difficult conditions with little light and in often cramped conditions. A number of books have been …
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Urges Cavers to Decontaminate
March 20, 2013 / Florida, United States, North AmericaConcerned by white-nose syndrome confirmations in bordering states, Florida Fish and Wildlife are urging cavers and researchers to take precautions to prevent the disease. With the discovery of WNS in …
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Travelling Lascaux Exhibit Opens in Chicago
March 20, 2013 / Illinois, United States, North AmericaA travelling exhibit featuring reproductions of the famous paleolithic cave paintings of France’s Lascaux cave opened earlier today at Chicago’s Field Museum. Dubbed Scenes from the Stone Age: The Cave …
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Deepest Cave on Hispaniola Discovered in Haiti
March 19, 2013 / Haiti, North AmericaHaiti’s National Bureau of Ethnology recently revealed the discovery of an important new cave in south-eastern Haiti’s La Visite National Park. First explored in February by French cavers, Français Olivier …
