Deep inside a massive cave plunging more than 500 feet below the surface, explorers made an unexpected discovery. Ancient ...

A homeowner noticed something strange on his property, then uncovered a deep cave hidden beneath the ground. What started as curiosity quickly turned into a serious exploration, with darkness, drops, ...

Deep cave layers on Sulawesi preserve tools, bones, and art that may show modern humans overlapping with earlier hominins.

(via MinuteEarth) Krubera Cave, one of our planet’s deepest known caves, extends 2200 meters into the earth – that’s a depth of nearly six Empire State Buildings. Or at least, that's as far down as ...

A new study, presented at the 17th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece in May, found a "significant" amount of blue and transparent microplastics present in the Gourgouthakas ...

"This is just the beginning." Scientists issue warning after making disturbing discovery deep inside sea caves: 'What we saw inside some caves was shocking' first appeared on The Cool Down.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - A team of researchers at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is exploring some of the deepest caves in the country to learn more about life in extreme environments. The ...

Evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, probably during overlapping periods, has been found during a deep excavat.

Rescuers pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave early Tuesday, more than a week after he became seriously ill 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below its entrance, the Speleological ...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. -- Rescuers in Tennessee risked their lives to rescue a dog trapped in a cave with a 200-pound bear. Rope rescue experts from the county got a call that a dog had fallen into a ...