Krubera Cave in the republic of Georgia is currently the deepest known cave, at 7,208 feet. But Dark Star, with so many areas still to survey, is a prime candidate to take over the title.

Among the strangest inhabitants of Veryovkina and nearby deep caves: ・Plutomurus ortobalaganensis – The deepest-known land animal, an eyeless insect found at 1,980 meters inside Krubera Cave.

One of the world's deepest and most dangerous caves lies in Abkhazia, a disputed part of Georgia. It takes days to get to the ...

Across the globe, caves offer a blend of danger, beauty, and historical significance. Among the most perilous yet captivating is Georgia’s Krubera Cave, the deepest known cave on Earth. Descending ...

VAIL, Ariz. — Exciting things are happening at Colossal Cave for the first time in decades. The team there has uncovered a few new parts of the cave, and they actually went inside them.

Fossilized bone fragments unearthed in a cave in northern Spain in 2022 have revealed a previously unknown human population that lived more than 1.1 million years ago, according to new research.

Peter Burgess, of the Wealden Cave and Mining Society, is an expert on the underground caves and crevices in and around Godstone. He has been advising Surrey County Council on the risks posed by ...

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Here, Indian art has found one of its most perfect expressions, particularly the huge high reliefs in the main cave. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 Het eiland Elephanta ...

The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries A.D.), many more richly decorated caves were added to the original ...