Earth not only does not support diverse ecosystems, but it also has places that serve as analogs for other celestial worlds in our solar system. Astrobiologist Joshua Sebree of the University of ...

Hidden inside Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is Son Doong, the largest cave on Earth. It’s so vast that a Boeing 747 could fit through its chambers. Inside, jungles grow beneath openings in ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe about 41,000 years ago, new University of ...

It was found at 1,980 meters (2,165 yards) below the surface, making it the deepest land arthropod ever found. Prior to this, ...

Why it's incredible: The cave is so deep, the world's tallest building could fit inside it. The Hranice Abyss — or "Hranická propast," in Czech — is the deepest known freshwater cave in the world.

Below the Chihuahuan Desert in southeastern New Mexico, lies an extensive system of limestone caves, among them the famed Carlsbad Cavern, home to one of North America’s largest underground chambers.

Paul Wilcox descends into Devil’s Canopy Cave on Prince of Wales Island. An unlikely discovery in a cave on Prince of Wales Island could help scientists understand Earth’s climate history. A small ...

Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern New Mexico is home to 119 known caves, including North America's largest cave chamber, the Big Room. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Eric Warrant receives funding from the Swedish Research Council, the European Research Council, the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the Carl Tryggers Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of ...