At first glance, Wyoming's Kane Cave exhibits few characteristics of the world's most picturesque caves — it lacks mineral deposits, including stalactites and stalagmites, which decorate most cave ...

Cave explorers have traversed what’s now the deepest known cave in Australia. On Saturday a group of explorers discovered a 401-metre-deep cave, which they named Delta Variant, in Tasmania’s ...

Cave formation starts with a simple chemical reaction between water and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, creating carbonic acid. This weak acid forms when rainwater combines with CO2, then ...

The county said a cave collapse formed a large hole, revealing a 200 foot cavern underneath. Three homes sit on top of it. KVUE spoke with Jay Banner, geosciences professor at The University of Texas.

NOVA follows geologists and microbiologists as they explore caves in various stages of formation to investigate the role microbes play in the creation of some limestone caves. The program: reviews the ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: A study published on Friday in the journal Geology uses isotopes of sulfur to fingerprint the sources of sulfuric acid that have carved unique and beautiful cave systems in the ...

San Francisco, Calif. -- Biofilms, which are complex layered communities of sulfur-consuming microbes, increase the rate of cave formation, but may also shed light on other biofilms, including those ...