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There's A Cave In North America Where Crystals Grow Up To 11.4 Meters – But Entering Is Extremely DangerousThe silhouette of a human is dwarfed by the towering crystals.

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There's A Cave In North America Where Crystals Grow Up To 11.4 Meters – But Entering Is Extremely DangerousThe silhouette of a human is dwarfed by the towering crystals.
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There's A Cave In North America Where Crystals Grow Up To 11.4 Meters – But Entering Is Extremely Dangerous

clock-iconMay 29, 2026

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World's Rarest Piniped Snapped Snoozing In Secret Underwater "Bubble Caves" To Avoid Bothersome HumansRemote cameras spot Mediterranean monk seals chilling in their underwater bubble cave.

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World's Rarest Piniped Snapped Snoozing In Secret Underwater "Bubble Caves" To Avoid Bothersome HumansRemote cameras spot Mediterranean monk seals chilling in their underwater bubble cave.
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World's Rarest Piniped Snapped Snoozing In Secret Underwater "Bubble Caves" To Avoid Bothersome Humans

clock-iconMay 19, 2026

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Deep In A Remote Mountain Cave, Prehistoric People Were Mining A Mysterious Green MineralFragments of malachite, a mineral rich in copper, recovered during the excavations at Cova 338.

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Deep In A Remote Mountain Cave, Prehistoric People Were Mining A Mysterious Green MineralFragments of malachite, a mineral rich in copper, recovered during the excavations at Cova 338.
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Deep In A Remote Mountain Cave, Prehistoric People Were Mining A Mysterious Green Mineral

clock-iconMay 14, 2026
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How Did Giant Dinosaur Footprints End Up On The Ceiling Of A Cave?Footprints on the ceiling gallery in the Castelbouc Cave, Causse Méjean plateau, France.

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How Did Giant Dinosaur Footprints End Up On The Ceiling Of A Cave?Footprints on the ceiling gallery in the Castelbouc Cave, Causse Méjean plateau, France.
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How Did Giant Dinosaur Footprints End Up On The Ceiling Of A Cave?

clock-iconMay 13, 2026

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In An Underground Chamber, Archaeologists Found Ancient Bones Used To Take Psychedelic DMTAn illustration of the chamber, or gallery, where the bony snuff tubes were discovered at Chavín de Huántar.

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In An Underground Chamber, Archaeologists Found Ancient Bones Used To Take Psychedelic DMTAn illustration of the chamber, or gallery, where the bony snuff tubes were discovered at Chavín de Huántar.
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In An Underground Chamber, Archaeologists Found Ancient Bones Used To Take Psychedelic DMT

clock-iconMay 12, 2026

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119-Year-Old Discovery From Foul Air Cave Solves A Giant Palaeontology PuzzleAn artist's illustration of a Giant long-beaked echidna (Megalibgwilia owenii) wandering around ancient Australia.

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119-Year-Old Discovery From Foul Air Cave Solves A Giant Palaeontology PuzzleAn artist's illustration of a Giant long-beaked echidna (Megalibgwilia owenii) wandering around ancient Australia.
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119-Year-Old Discovery From Foul Air Cave Solves A Giant Palaeontology Puzzle

clock-iconApril 17, 2026

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Fossils Of Ice Age Giant Tortoise And Ancient Armadillo Relative Found In Central Texas Cave For First TimeA photo showing the back of a man wearing a wetsuit, a hardhat with a torch and a snorkel crouching by an underground stream in a cave. The water is clear and shallow, showing a rocky floor below the surface.

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Fossils Of Ice Age Giant Tortoise And Ancient Armadillo Relative Found In Central Texas Cave For First TimeA photo showing the back of a man wearing a wetsuit, a hardhat with a torch and a snorkel crouching by an underground stream in a cave. The water is clear and shallow, showing a rocky floor below the surface.
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Fossils Of Ice Age Giant Tortoise And Ancient Armadillo Relative Found In Central Texas Cave For First Time

clock-iconMarch 27, 2026

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Over 100 Million Years Before Dinosaurs Existed, The World's Oldest Cave Was BornStalactites adorn the Orient Cave, part of the Jenolan Caves.

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Over 100 Million Years Before Dinosaurs Existed, The World's Oldest Cave Was BornStalactites adorn the Orient Cave, part of the Jenolan Caves.
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Over 100 Million Years Before Dinosaurs Existed, The World's Oldest Cave Was Born

clock-iconMarch 10, 2026
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The World's Deepest Land Animal Lives 1.9 Kilometers Underground In One Of Earth's Deepest CavesPlutomurus ortobalaganensis, a springtrail, lives at 1,980 metres (6,500 ft) below the entrance of the Krubera-Voronja cave system

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The World's Deepest Land Animal Lives 1.9 Kilometers Underground In One Of Earth's Deepest CavesPlutomurus ortobalaganensis, a springtrail, lives at 1,980 metres (6,500 ft) below the entrance of the Krubera-Voronja cave system
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The World's Deepest Land Animal Lives 1.9 Kilometers Underground In One Of Earth's Deepest Caves

clock-iconFebruary 28, 2026
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This Mysterious Skull Baffled Scientists After Being Embedded In A Cave Wall For 300,000 YearsThe Petralona skull in situ, covered by dried cave juice..

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This Mysterious Skull Baffled Scientists After Being Embedded In A Cave Wall For 300,000 YearsThe Petralona skull in situ, covered by dried cave juice..
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This Mysterious Skull Baffled Scientists After Being Embedded In A Cave Wall For 300,000 Years

clock-iconFebruary 13, 2026
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A Subterranean City Of Salt Has Been Preserved Within This Cave-Like Mine For CenturiesStunning artworks are carved into the walls of St. Kinga’s Chapel, deep within Poland's Wieliczka Salt Mine.

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A Subterranean City Of Salt Has Been Preserved Within This Cave-Like Mine For CenturiesStunning artworks are carved into the walls of St. Kinga’s Chapel, deep within Poland's Wieliczka Salt Mine.
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A Subterranean City Of Salt Has Been Preserved Within This Cave-Like Mine For Centuries

clock-iconFebruary 3, 2026
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In 1963, A Man Found An Ancient Underground Cave City While Renovating His HouseAn artist’s impression of how Derinkuyu might have looked in its heyday.

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In 1963, A Man Found An Ancient Underground Cave City While Renovating His HouseAn artist’s impression of how Derinkuyu might have looked in its heyday.
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In 1963, A Man Found An Ancient Underground Cave City While Renovating His House

clock-iconJanuary 31, 2026
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Archaeologists Once Opened A Cave Chamber Sealed For 40,000 Years, Revealing The Lives Of The World's Last NeanderthalsGorham's Cave Complex on the Rock Of Gibraltar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Archaeologists Once Opened A Cave Chamber Sealed For 40,000 Years, Revealing The Lives Of The World's Last NeanderthalsGorham's Cave Complex on the Rock Of Gibraltar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Archaeologists Once Opened A Cave Chamber Sealed For 40,000 Years, Revealing The Lives Of The World's Last Neanderthals

clock-iconJanuary 10, 2026
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Over 11 Million Years Of Evolution, Eyeless Cavefish Developed Blindness Independently Many TimesTyphlichthys subterraneus (Southern Cavefish).

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Over 11 Million Years Of Evolution, Eyeless Cavefish Developed Blindness Independently Many TimesTyphlichthys subterraneus (Southern Cavefish).
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Over 11 Million Years Of Evolution, Eyeless Cavefish Developed Blindness Independently Many Times

clock-iconSeptember 5, 2025

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Orange Cave Crocodiles May Be Evolving Into a New SpeciesAn orange cave-dwelling dwarf crocodile next to a typical forest-living individual in Gabon.

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Orange Cave Crocodiles May Be Evolving Into a New SpeciesAn orange cave-dwelling dwarf crocodile next to a typical forest-living individual in Gabon.
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Orange Cave Crocodiles May Be Evolving Into a New Species

clock-iconAugust 13, 2025
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