Caves

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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.

Human Behavior
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Diver Dies During Rescue Efforts for Cave-Trapped Thai Boys

By Mindy Weisberger published

A diver died during an attempt to rescue the Thai youths trapped in a cave.

Human Behavior
Thai marine police walk out of Tham Luang caves on July 3, 2018, wearing their scuba gear as they continue the rescue operation of 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been stranded for over a week after monsoon rains blocked the main entrance in Chian

How Scuba Divers Will Rescue Soccer Team Trapped in Thai Cave

By Tia Ghose published

The boys who survived for 9 days in a flooded cave in Thailand will now have to go through a risky crash course in cave diving in order to make their way out.

Planet Earth
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How Long Can Humans Survive in a Cave?

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

The youth soccer team and its coach in Thailand that had gone missing in the Tham Luang caves for more than a week have been found.

Health
Inside the world's longest underwater cave system, archaeologists have found a time capsule that stretches back to the last ice age. They found 200 spots with archaeological remains, including Maya altars, ancient human bones and the fossils of extinct an

Remains of 'Maya Underworld' Found in World's Longest Submerged Cave

By Megan Gannon published

From ice age animals to Maya altars, the world's biggest underwater cave system has big potential for discoveries.

Archaeology
Neanderthal Teeth

An Ancient Hyena May Have Chomped Down on This Neanderthal's Face

By Laura Geggel published

Archaeology
Beautiful view of Cenote Sac Actún

Maya Underworld: Peek Inside the World's Longest Flooded Cave

By Stephanie Pappas published

The underwater cave is otherworldy.

Flooding
Yucatan Peninsula caves and rivers

Cave of the 'Mayan Underworld' Filled with Methane-Eating Creatures

By Jasmin Malik Chua published

In a submerged cave network in the Yucatan, methane is an unlikely driving force for life.

Planet Earth
A depiction of a man rubbed into a Mona Island cave wall at least 500 years ago

On an Uninhabited Caribbean Island, a Trove of Pre-Columbian Cave Art

By Dan Robitzski published

Archaeology
A male woolly mammoth has just fallen through the ice of a frozen lake.

Trapped! Woolly Mammoth Bachelors Often Met Disastrous Ends

By Laura Geggel published

Mammoths
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