Latest about caves
Human skull fragments found in massive boneyard in hyenas' lava tube cave
In the Umm Jirsan lava tube, the longest such structure in Saudi Arabia, scientists discovered piles bones belonging to animals that hyenas devoured there for thousands of years.
Cavers discover snakes and waterfalls inside Yemen's infamous 'Well of Hell' in world-first descent
Cave explorers from Oman have become the first people to fully explore the infamous 'Well of Hell' sinkhole in Yemen.
Explorers add 8 miles to world's longest known cave system
Hours of survey work have added an additional 8 miles to the passageways at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky
World's rarest seals have a secret breeding cave in Cyprus
Scientists have discovered a set of caves in northern Cyprus where endangered monk seals have been breeding in secret.
Decapitated Stone Age woman's head rolled into a cave in Italy
After a woman died and was likely dismembered, her skull went on a "long and bumpy ride."
Deadly centipede 'king' rules over a poison hellscape cave
Dozens of species live in Romania's toxic Movile Cave, and a newly described centipede species is the "king" of this unique ecosystem.
Pinwheel Cave rock art in California may depict hallucinogenic 'trance flower'
Starting about 400 years ago, Indigenous people in California had hallucinogenic ceremonies in a cave by Santa Barbara.
Ice age mining camp found 'frozen in time' in underwater Mexican cave
Cave divers found a mysterious passageway that led to an ice age ochre mine.
