The samples were mostly from stalagmites, which grow upward from a cave floor as mineral-infused water slowly drips on them (their counterparts, stalactites, grow down from the cave ceiling.) ...

Carved 20,000 years ago into a French cave floor, the world’s oldest 3D map may reveal not just rivers and hills — but the symbolic heartbeat of a prehistoric culture. The discovery, led by scientists ...

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, struck the 41-year-old woman with a cricket bat and stabbed her dozens of times in April 2023. He killed her so he could take her car and ...

“We reached 5,000 steps in the cave and it was pretty fun, and I also saw a bat.” Mammoth Cave National Park remains open to the public.

The new cave-dwelling leech species is believed to exist solely on bat blood, according to researchers. Li, T. et al. (2025.) The leech’s specialized diet of bat blood has allowed it to survive ...