Mammoth Cave National Park, home to the world’s longest known cave system, stretches for more than 680 kilometres, and counting, into the Earth. What began as a limestone labyrinth has turned out to ...

Geologists have discovered and excavated fossils from a cave in a Kendall County, Illinois, USA, in a limestone quarry. The fossils have shed new light on living conditions in the area some 310 ...

This Arkansas cave isn’t frozen in time. Discover Blanchard Springs Caverns, where limestone drapes, quiet chambers, and slow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a two-and-a-half-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and necessary maintenance, the Cincinnati Museum Center’s replica ...

When a villager in northern Greece broke into a limestone wall and exposed a human skull, he did not just find a fossil, he ...

It’s like entering another world, built over tens of thousands of years. Caves offer an experience unlike any other, a chance to learn about the earth’s history and see the effect of the passage of ...

Biofilms, which are complex layered communities of sulfur-consuming microbes, increase the rate of cave formation, but may also shed light on other biofilms, including those that grow on teeth and ...