Deep inside the world’s longest cave system, scientists have uncovered two terrifying extinct predators that once prowled a ...

The subterranean environment of caves presents a unique laboratory for studying microbial ecology. In these isolated, oligotrophic habitats, microorganisms engage in diverse metabolic processes and ...

Mammoth Cave National Park, home to the world’s longest known cave system, stretches for more than 680 kilometres, and ...

With high carbon dioxide, low oxygen and no photosynthesis, here’s how an entire ecosystem persists in one of the world’s most extreme environments. Life, as we know it, is exceptionally good at ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli scientists said Wednesday that they had discovered a prehistoric ecosystem dating back millions of years. The discovery was made in a cave near the central Israeli city of Ramle ...

A bag of Cheetos left on the flow of Carlsbad Caverns turned into what rangers described as a "world-changing event" for microbes and insects within the caverns. The bag's content triggered the growth ...

Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 100 square meters ...

Deep beneath the rolling hills of New Zealand’s North Island, a long-sealed chamber has opened a window into a world that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive spider up close, inside a web A cave straddling the border of Greece and Albania has just yielded an absolute treasure ...

Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico describe it as a “world-changing” event for the tiny microbes and insects that call this specialized subterranean environment home. The ...