In the dank depths of Ellison’s Cave, you can find two of the deepest freefall pits in mainland US: Fantastic Pit, which ...

Archaeologists say the finds will help them better understand the prehistoric people who lived or buried their dead in this ...

Blind spiders and whip scorpions, the future of climate change, photosynthesis in the dark – here's what the deepest places ...

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However, the full extent of the cave remains a mystery. “At one time, they thought it was the deepest cave in the United States,” said retired geologist Henry Heasler. “There are tantalizing ...

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In November 2023, two years after the cave-in killed Galvan Batalla, OSHA inspectors cited the company again for having an unprotected trench. Agency inspectors said the company's workers were ...

Daxin Chinese karst loaches are considered small, reaching just over 1 inch in length, the study said. They have “elongated” ...

But Kisner was not high on a mountain. He was more than 1,800 feet below ground in Tears of the Turtle, the deepest known cave in the continental United States, hidden in the middle of the Bob ...