More than two kilometres beneath the surface of the western Caucasus Mountains lies the deepest known cave on Earth. Known as Veryovkina Cave, this vertical limestone system descends to a measured ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi more than 65,000 years ago? This is the question posed by ...

A climber's body was recovered from the world's deepest cave, nine months after he plunged to his death while his devastated family desperately searched for answers. Veryovkina Cave stands as 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 ...

Research findings are available online in the journal PLOS One. The original story " New research finds early humans first ...

A team of expert Finnish cave divers believes they may have uncovered what led to the deaths of five experienced Italian ...

Deep beneath the crystal turquoise water, white sandy beaches and thatched overwater bungalows of the Maldives lies a deep and narrow system of caves, devoid of light and the colorful marine life that ...