Pushing through a painful squeeze in Rumbling Falls Cave in central Tennessee, he broke out onto the lip of emptiness. The beam of his headlamp simply disappeared into the yawning darkness.

I had followed Smith’s career since I started caving as a college student in 1980, and I first met him in 1989 in Mexico, where we had joined the same expedition to a deep cave. In 2002, I accompanied ...

Rutherford County said that multiple agencies responded to Snail Shell Cave in the Rockvale area at approximately 3 p.m. for ...

Located 1,120 feet below the surface of the mountain, Ruby Falls is America's largest underground waterfall. Carrying out ...

Explore Mammoth Cave National Park, the longest cave system on Earth, featuring the richest known habitat for cave wildlife in the world. It may be difficult to think of caves as spacious and grand, ...

Custer County, South Dakota, is a place that few folks give much thought to; it’s quiet, and for nature lovers, it’s been a ...

Marina stood at the mouth of the Rising Star cave and looked inside. Outside, it was the rainy season in this grassland part of South Africa, home to jackals and porcupines and cobra snakes and ...

then thumps his chest once with his fist and dramatically falls over. While waiting for the rest of the Embarakal to arrive, John begins to replace his bowstring and, through Joshua, explain cave ...

Many recent visitors called the Cave of the Winds a "must-do" when in Niagara Falls. After taking an elevator 175 feet down into the Niagara Gorge, you'll be able to roam a series of wooden ...

Oregon's largest state park is home to one of the world's most beautiful hiking routes — the Trail of Ten Falls. On this showcase pathway you stroll through a temperate rainforest home to 10 ...

"The reports described "felt a weak trembling" and "heard a moderate rumbling sound". A number of earthquakes have hit the area in the past few months. They continued: "This is the largest event ...

Thailand’s cuisine is wonderfully varied, from fiery curries in the South to grilled meats in the North East and fragrant ...