Deep beneath the hills of eastern Spain, scientists stepping into a lightless cavern have stumbled on a world that feels ...

(via MinuteEarth) Krubera Cave, one of our planet’s deepest known caves, extends 2200 meters into the earth – that’s a depth of nearly six Empire State Buildings. Or at least, that's as far down as ...

A new study, presented at the 17th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece in May, found a "significant" amount of blue and transparent microplastics present in the Gourgouthakas ...

At the mouth of a deep cave, an unusual sight greets visitors: sand pushed outward into a large mound. Strangely, even heavy ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - A team of researchers at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is exploring some of the deepest caves in the country to learn more about life in extreme environments. The ...

Rescuers from across Europe rushed to a cave in Turkey on Thursday, launching an operation to save an American researcher who became trapped almost 3,000 feet below the cave's entrance after suffering ...

Evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, probably during overlapping periods, has been ...