If a developer has his way, the bats of Bracken Cave, the world’s largest population of bats, will be flying over a new subdivision. San Antonio developer Brad Galo of … Read More

Earlier this week a 22-year-old explorer was help out of a Kentucky cave after he became stranded, unable to get out on his own. At around 2:00 pm on Monday, … Read More

Although there are many excellent head lamps out there, the most awesome and powerful ones tend to have a price tag that puts them out of reach for the casual … Read More

Three students from Brigham Young University-Idaho were rescued on Mother’s Day after they failed to return from a visit to Wyoming’s Wind Cave. The group, Simon Jones, 24 of Rexburg, … Read More

Earlier today, caver Jason Gardner spoke with Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Ryk Goddard on his experiences exploring caves in Tasmania over the last 20 years. Gardner talks of his adventures exploring … Read More

A dozen lava tubes, including one now considered to be the longest in Southeast Asia, have recently been discovered in Vietnam. In late February, a group of cavers from Germany’s … Read More

High school students from Custer recently had the opportunity to put their math skills to the test in a real-world situation when they participated in a mapping project at South … Read More

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the discovery of France’s famous Gouffre Berger cave, the French Federation of Speleology is organizing a 10-day event this summer to clean and re-equip … Read More

CaveChat.org is the official forum of the National Speleological Society. Since its creation in 2005 CaveChat has quickly become the go to place for everything related to caving. With more … Read More

Oregon Caves National Monument will host its 12th annual Community Open House tomorrow, Saturday, May 11th. The event will feature free cave tours, with food donation, as well as live … Read More

Two cavers we injured during a Sunday visit to the Frozen Deep, Britain’s largest chamber beneath Cheddar Gorge. The cavers, part of a group of five exploring the cave, were … Read More

Two dogs discovered a deep sinkhole on Wednesday when they tumbled into it during a walk with their owner. The dogs, a father and son named Legend and Bullet, were … Read More

When at a caving gathering, it’s amazing to hear all the different employment and education backgrounds the cavers have. For this week’s Ask Cavers question we though it would be … Read More

The next presentation in the ongoing series of webinars put on by the NSS will feature an introduction to the National Cave Rescue Commission. The presentation, which will acquaint folks … Read More

Besides facilitating easy access to visitors of the soon to open Indiana Caverns, the creation of a new entrance into Indiana’s Binkley Cave has for the first time allowed a … Read More

Scientists examining a Spanish cave containing one of the largest concentrations of carnivores now believe they have uncovered the reason. Discovered in 1991 near Madrid, Batallones-1 has long puzzled scientists … Read More

The U.S. Forest Service announced earlier this month that white-nose syndrome has spread to Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest. Out of a total of 38 bat hibernaculums that were surveyed … Read More

An 18–year-old man is safe after he spent more than two hours trapped in an Idaho cave on Friday. Austin Wiggins of Buhl, Idaho was rescued by Twin Falls Fire … Read More

CaveChat.org is the official forum of the National Speleological Society. Since its creation in 2005 CaveChat has quickly become the go to place for everything related to caving. With more … Read More

Colorado’s Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is celebrating the grand opening of the newly expanded Historic Fairy Caves Tour, which includes sections of the cave that have never been open to … Read More