Caves
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'Exquisite' dinosaur-age cockroaches discovered preserved in amber
By Rafi Letzter published
A pair of 99-million-year-old cave-dwelling cockroaches are rewriting the early history of when bugs first moved into caves.
Humans Crawled Through a Cave 14,000 Years Ago. We Can Still See Their Perfectly Preserved Footprints.
By Laura Geggel published
Climate Change Drove Some Neanderthals to Cannibalism
By Mindy Weisberger published
Some Neanderthals resorted to desperate (and gruesome) measures to survive.
Astronauts Spent 6 Nights in a Pitch-Black Cave, and Emerged with a Brand-New Species of Crustacean
By Brandon Specktor published
An international team of astronauts has discovered new life (in a cave below Italy).
Mount Sedom Hides the Longest Salt Cave on Earth
By Rafi Letzter published
Malham Cave in the Negev Desert is the longest salt cave in the world, measuring more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) in total length, researchers say.
Scientists Just Discovered What May Be Canada's Largest Cave. And It Looks Like the Sarlacc's Pit.
By Mindy Weisberger published
A helicopter team counting caribou in Canada recently made an unexpected discovery.
Ice Age Cave Art Found Under Layers of Centuries-Old Graffiti
By Mindy Weisberger published
Newfound cave carvings from the ice age were obscured for centuries by graffiti.
Gallery: Rescuers Race Against Time to Save Soccer Team Trapped in Thai Cave
By Live Science Staff published
Government officials and rescue workers in Thailand are mobilizing to save a group of young boys and their soccer coach, stranded in a cave underground.
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