Underwater caves off the coast of Sicily offer new clues about the island’s first human inhabitants. They may have arrived by sea, not by land, as previously assumed. Sicily is one of the earliest ...

Hidden beneath the water’s surface, these caves offer a unique beauty that few have the chance to witness. Imagine swimming in crystal-clear waters, surrounded by dramatic rock formations, and ...

A mile and a half beneath the ocean’s surface, the seafloor seems nearly as alien as the surfaces of other planets. Deep-sea volcanic ridges, formed by the collisions of tectonic plates, create ...

Washington University in St. Louis archaeologists are investigating coastal and underwater caves in southeastern Sicily, tracing early human dispersal onto the island. (Photo by Ilaria Patania via ...

The Hranicka Abyss is at least 1,325 feet deep, and likely goes down further. — -- A team of explorers believe they have discovered the deepest known underwater cavern the world in eastern Czech ...

Archaeological surveys led by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis suggest that coastal and underwater cave sites in southern Sicily contain important new clues about the path and fate of ...

The underwater caves of the Yucatán Peninsula are a window to the distant past. Through two million years and over multiple glaciation cycles, these caves have been transformed. When the sea level was ...

"Please allow us some time to come to terms with his loss, as up until now we have been focused on the recovery,” his co-diver, Andy Pitkin, wrote in a statement Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer ...

The eastern Yucatán Peninsula study region is pierced by vast interconnected flooded tunnels, that function as underground rivers. The groundwater is the only source of potable water for the whole ...

A cave diver known for his record-breaking dives and contributions to scientific research has died during an underwater expedition. Divers recovered the body of Brett Hemphill, the 56-year-old ...

Three researchers maneuvered through the darkness of an underwater cave in Japan. It was the same cave off Okinawa Island where a new species of crab with degenerated eyes and a white body had ...