Guatemalan Cave Holds Evidence of Maya Human Sacrifice

DOS PILAS, GUATEMALA—In the 1990s, archaeologists made a grisly discovery when they entered a cave beneath the Maya site of Dos Pilas in Petén. The team encountered hundreds of fragmented human bones that were scattered about the cave floor alongside ocher …

What Are Khadijiah Cave’s Net Worth and Contract in 2025?

“KK (Khadijiah Cave) is playing the best basketball she’s played since she’s been here. It’s her leadership,” Kim Mulkey had said back in 2015. And rightfully so, through her journey at Baylor, she became the 33rd player in the program’s history to surpass …

Alaska’s Ancient Cave Sediments Reveal New Climate Insights

Discovery of 20,000-year-old cave sediments on Prince of Wales Island offers rare land-based evidence of ancient meltwater events Paul Wilcox, a geologist at the University of Innsbruck, has discovered the first land-based evidence of meltwater pulses from …

Prescribed Pile Burning Planned in Painted Cave and Trout Club Areas

Prescribed pile burning of about 40 treated acres of slash from felled dead trees and brush will be going on May 14-21, the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) has announced. Burning occurs at various forest administrative sites. The …

Monaco unveils Europa 2025 stamp in tribute to Observatoire cave

Monaco’s Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology hosted the official presentation of the Europa 2025 stamp on Friday, 9 May.  The presentation was made in the presence of Lara Terlizzi-Enza, Director of the Office des Emissions de Timbres-Poste (OETP – Stamp …

Sediment from the Last Ice Age Found in an Alaskan Cave Provides Both History and Forecast

Fine soil particles once encased in ice were discovered in a cave about 20,000 years after the frozen sheet melted. This sediment is significant both for what it tells us about the past and what it could forecast for the future, according to an article in …

Crystal Cave At Sequoia National Park To Open

  Crystal Cave is scheduled to reopen to the public on May 23/Sequoia Parks Conservancy Sequoia' National Park's Crystal Cave, closed since 2021, is scheduled to reopen to the public on May 23. This spectacular marble cave is near the Giant …

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Rain triggers landslides in Bat Cave

BAT CAVE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — So far this month, almost 5 inches of rain has been recorded at Asheville Regional Airport — about 3 inches more than normal for that time span, according to the National Weather Service. Much of that fell in the past few days …

Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park reopening this month for tours

Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park is reopening for guided tours after a four-year closure due to natural disasters. The cave, formed in 200 million-year-old marble, features unique geological formations and diverse invertebrate species. Tours are …