Spelunking News

Three Italian researchers have been rescued after being trapped in an underground cavern for 40 hours.

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The original SNO experiment used to detect neutrinos was a 12-metre acrylic vessel shaped like a sphere.

Above Glenwood Springs, hidden deep within Iron Mountain is an underground wonder that can be found at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park.

The entrance of Hung Ton Cave - " one of the three caves rediscovered last Saturday in Quang Binh Province Dinh Hong Nham only remembers it was sometime in the eighties that he stumbled on a cave while he and his son were trapping wild animals.

A 57-year old Helena man died on Monday after falling into a cave 30 miles west of Helena.

A visitor makes his way down a 10-metre deep slope into a cave, which Israeli archaeologist Professor Adam Zertal dates to the 1st century A.D., near the biblical city of Jericho in the West Bank.

A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved about 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archaeologists say, offering the latest evidence that early modern humans in Europe had established a complex and creative culture.

Dignitaries and board members applaud South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds during dedication ceremonies at the future site of the Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory.

An archaeologist and explorer of caves has now found what he thinks are the earliest known examples of the Sequoyah syllabary. The characters are cut into the wall of a cave in southeastern Kentucky, a place sacred to the Cherokee as the traditional burial site of a revered chief.

The USDA Forest Service issued an order on May 21 closing all caves and abandoned mines on FS property - unless specifically posted as open - in its Southeastern Region 8. One can find a little carping regarding cave closures across various caving/spelunking forums but the local, regional and national caving/spelunking organizations and the overwhelming majority of their members are supportive of whatever measures are needed to halt this terrible disease.

Caverns of liquid salty water which could provide a home for extra-terrestrial life may lie beneath the icy surface of one of Saturn's moons, scientists believe.

A giant man-made underground cavern from the era of the Roman Empire has been found in Israel's Jordan Valley, scientists say.

The owners of an eastern Pennsylvania cave say they can no longer offer couples the chance to say their "I dos" underground following 60 years of subterranean ceremonies.

The all-powerful health and safety inspector - with his dreaded clipboard, deadly ballpoint pen and gargantuan appetite for rules and regulations - has come-a-knocking on eco-warrior Hilaire Purbrick's home-made cave.

A river runs through it: A member of the caving team crosses the river which formed the Son Doong cave during the April expedition.

Yes, there is a herd of elephants that live on Kenya's Mount Elgon, who mine their own salt from the walls of a cave.

Geomyces destructans , a fungus associated with bat White-Nose Syndrome Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for May 2009 by Tom Volk, David Blehert.

By DAVID TEMPLETON Pittsburgh Post-Gazette When it came to building his house, David Moorehead drew advice from prehistory, then mixed in futuristic ideas to produce a structure very much in the present.

Srinagar : The first batch of pilgrims left the Baltal base camp Tuesday for the holy Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.