Optimisticheskaya Cave, Ukraine: The longest gypsum cave in the world, Optimisticheskaya is known for its complex maze of passages. It's a dry cave system but contains many delicate gypsum crystals.

Plato’s allegory of the cave is one of the greatest stories of philosophy. It allows us to understand how the Greek philosopher perceived the world in ancient times. The tale involves a metaphorical ...

Police have named the woman whose body was found in a burnt-out vehicle on Ripiro Beach as 35-year-old Jasmaine Corin Reihana of Paihia. Her body was discovered when police were called to a fire ...

African rock art depicting a mythical tusked creature may mirror the look of fossils of real-life ancient mammal relatives called dicynodonts. Abundant, exposed fossils in South Africa’s Karoo ...

She was 35-year-old Jasmaine Corin Reihana of Paihia. Her body was discovered when police were called to the fire in the dunes on Ripiro Beach, about 17km south of Glinks Gully, at 10.30am ...

You can unlock Chef RPG mining by completing story quests until you've progressed to Act 2. One of the consequences of these quests is the removal of the barriers on the caves in the southwest portion ...

A chance finding of bones in a cave is revealing clues of a much older tragic mystery. Five teeth uncovered in a rock shelter in France’s Rhône Valley in 2015 could explain why Neanderthals ...

Under the green hills of Waitomo lies a labyrinth of caves, sinkholes and underground rivers. The area's name comes from the Maori words wai (water) and tomo (hole). The easiest way to see the Waitomo ...

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But to the countless tiny microorganisms crawling around the cave, this crisp packet can be ‘world-changing’. The processed corn in the Cheetos, made mushy by the humidity of the cave ...

Archaeologists investigating caves in Malaysia ahead of their flooding for a hydroelectric reservoir have discovered more than a dozen prehistoric burials they think are up to 16,000 years old.