The bowstrings come from Cueva de Los Murciélagos, or "Bat Cave," an extensive, stalactite-studded cave system in Albuñol, a town in the province of Granada. In the 1800s, miners in the cave ...
They were among a haul of ancient objects discovered in a bat cave in Spain plundered by miners in the 19th Century, but were analysed in a new study. Low humidity and cool winds in the cave kept ...
In Belize’s Actun Tunichil Muknal cave, a sacred Maya site, plants grow in darkness, sparking concerns about how tourism affects its fragile ecosystem.
Why it's awesome: Deep inside one of Gabon's cave systems lives an unusual population of orange dwarf crocodiles. They live in complete darkness, feast on bats and swim in liquid guano (aka bat poop.) ...