A visitor who threw away a bag of Cheetos in a cave might have had a “world changing” impact on the wildlife in its delicate ecosystem, a national park has warned. Staff at Carlsbad Caverns National ...

Many scientific discoveries are serendipitous—the result of chance. Seeing evolution in action in a cheese cave turned out to ...

One tourist’s carelessness in one of the planet’s most important underground caves revealed the enormous impact humans have on the ecosystem.

Whether for an awkward silence or on a quiet summer night, there is one animal that can be counted on to fill the void with noise: crickets. The notoriously loud insects rub parts of their body ...

A piece of the rare 3,800-year-old fabric, dyed with the oak aphid. The earliest evidence of red-dyed textiles using scale insects was discovered in the caves of the Judean desert. According to a new ...

Bats across Indiana are waking from hibernation and moving out of their caves in search of food. These flying mammals play a vital role in Indiana’s ecosystem and even its economy. Feeding on beetles, ...

CU Boulder alum and experienced caver Dave Steinmann recently discovered a new species of pseudoscorpion in Mallory Cave, with a moniker honoring its namesake hometown When Dave Steinmann (Phys’90) ...