15. Olm (image credits: unsplash) The olm is a blind salamander found in the deep, watery caves of Slovenia and Croatia. With pale, almost translucent skin and a snake-like body stretching up to a ...

A few kilometres from Ronda, just outside the white village of Benaojan lies one of the most spectacular cave systems in Spain, Pileta Paleolithic Cave Paintings at Benaojan and in the mouth of one, ...

Hurricane Helene destroyed US 64/74A near Chimney Rock State Park, Bat Cave, Lake Lure and Hickory Nut Gorge. NCDOT paved highway for local traffic only.

A view from the bridge where U.S. 64/74A intersect in Bat Cave on Friday, June 13, 2025, after Hurricane Helene devastated the area.

Bat guano, the accumulation of bat excreta, has emerged as an invaluable archive for deciphering both natural and anthropogenic changes in the environment. As a composite record of dietary choices ...

Python Cave is home to as many as 50,000 Egyptian fruit bats, and the predators emerged from the cave with a winged snack, which they either hunted or scavenged, in their mouths.

A bat cave in Costa Rica is likely the reason a family caught a fungal lung disease known as histoplasmosis. In December of last year, a family of 13 visited Arenal and Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica ...

They’re great for the environment, but not your home. Don’t miss these early signs of a bat infestation. Bats get a bad rap First things first: A bat infestation doesn’t mean a horror movie scenario.

DOC ranger Sebastian Doak has been helping with the conservation of Nelson cave spiders for three years. He explained the species inhabits a space around 10 to 30 metres from cave entrances.

A human figure carved in mud (outlined in black) is one of several life-sized depictions—among the largest in American cave art—recently brought to light in Alabama’s “19th Unnamed Cave." ...

Archaeologists Were Exploring a Cave—and Found 100 Prehistoric Structures Experts believe the modified stalagmites are evidence of a planned occupation of the caves by ancient societies.

This fact sheet attempts to dispel the fears and answer some of the questions most often asked of the National Museum of Natural History by presenting some general facts about the biology and natural ...