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This Week on CaveChat: October 6th – 12th, 2012 Edition
October 12, 2012 / 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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Live Webcast Tonight on Caves and Karst
October 11, 2012A live webcast is being held this evening to teach about karst topography and its associated features such as springs, sinkholes, underground rivers, and caves. Titled, Cave and Karst – …
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Timpanogos Cave Ends Season with a Party
October 11, 2012 / Utah, United States, North AmericaTo celebrate the upcoming 90th anniversary of Timpanogos Cave National Monument in 2013, the monument will end the 2012 season on Sunday with a party. The event, which includes cake …
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2012 Peru Caving Expedition Visits the World’s Highest Caves
October 10, 2012 / Peru, South AmericaAn international expedition to visit the world’s highest caves is underway in the Andes mountains of Peru. The team, made up of cavers from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the …
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Bats Make Superfast Muscle Shortlist
October 9, 2012New research into superfast muscles has revealed that bats are one of the few species that possess the rare tissue. Scientists at the University of Southern Denmark‘s Center for Sound …
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Borneo’s Bats Strange Relationship with a Carnivorous Plant
Scientists studying bats in Borneo have discovered that the bats and a carnivorous plant have an unusual mutually beneficial relationship. The Hardwicke’s woolly bats were observed resting and sleeping in …
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Syrian Schools Operate in Caves to Escape Violence
To escape the ongoing violence of Syria‘s civil war, many schools have been left abandoned. While some students have gone into hiding with their families, others attend schools operating underground, …
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New Research Shows Most Bats Really Do Like The Dark
October 6, 2012 / Mexico, North AmericaA team of scientists studying bat behavior have discovered that they exhibit sort of a lunar phobia, in that bright moonlight causes bats to go become less active. Biologists at …
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This Week on CaveChat: September 29th – October 5th, 2012 Edition
October 5, 2012 / 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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Ask Cavers: How do you Keep Track of Caves?
October 3, 2012With many states in the US having in excess of 1,000 caves, and some states having many more than that, keeping track of where they all are and their other …
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First Annual Trick or Treat in Tennessee’s Cherokee Caverns
October 3, 2012 / Tennessee, United States, North AmericaTo celebrate Halloween this year, Tennessee’s Cherokee Caverns will be hosting a family friendly event; Trick or Treating in the Cave. Located near Knoxville, Cherokee Caverns first opened in 1929 …
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Wearable Real-Time Mapping Device Developed at MIT
October 2, 2012 / Massachusetts, United States, North AmericaResearchers at MIT have developed a wearable sensor that automatically creates a digital map on the fly as the user moves through an area. The system makes use of a …
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Poll: Have you ever dressed as a caver for Halloween?
October 1, 2012Now that it’s October it’s time to start getting thinking of ideas for your Halloween costume. In this week’s poll we want to know just how many folks out there …
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New Respiratory Virus Linked to Bats
October 1, 2012 / Saudi Arabia, AsiaBritain’s Health Protection Agency looking into a new respiratory virus has discovered a close link to bats. The virus, found to be related to SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome …
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Month in Review: September 2012’s Must Read News
September 30, 2012The leaves are falling off the trees, and the bats will soon be hibernating. It must be the end of September and once again time for a review of the …
