Cathedral Caverns State Park is one of Alabama’s most impressive wonders. It’s tucked away in the northeast region of the ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Hidden beneath Earth’s surface are caverns and pathways that hold the secrets of our planet’s very beginnings. Even after decades of exploration, there are ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — Archaeologists exploring deep inside a remote cave in Big Bend were flabbergasted to discover tools left by an ancient hunter thousands of years ago. They say the find ...

Imagine entering a cave and not realizing that beneath your feet lies a bottomless pit that could plunge you to great depths. Such was the Veryovkina Cave, the deepest-known cave on Earth, in the ...

(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 ...

On this episode, we hear how a team of researchers at the University of Northern Iowa is exploring the deepest caves in the U.S. with NASA funding. This could inform the search for life on other ...

With its iconic mountains, rivers, and coastline, it’s easy to overlook the adventure of discovering some of Oregon’s ...

People might not believe it if they haven't been to Missouri, but the state, which is also known as the Cave State, is home to over 7,000 caves offering a plethora of breathtaking subterranean ...

When Aidan Ward answered his phone from a clearing off the side of a road in southern New Mexico, he was exactly where he wanted to be: helping a geologist friend with cave research at Carlsbad ...