For some 85 years, homesteaders, pot hunters and archaeologists have been digging at Paisley Caves, a string of shallow depressions washed out of an ancient lava flow by the waves of a lake....

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has determined a Houston man is infected with the rabies virus. Its the first case since 1959 reported in Missouri....This fellow died Sunday....

Oregon-based Iberdrola Renewables has adopted what is arguably the most holistic policy to protect avian and bat populations in the wind energy industry...

I have the same brand of knee pads and I am satisfied that they are worth the money....

A Clarksville man was killed Monday in a western Kentucky cave between the towns of .....

Sally Thurston says she saved Manitou Springs....

Ok so we have had the Expedition Essentials Kneepads for several months now and I wanted to post an update.....

The web site for the 2009 Spring BOG meeting is now up and running....

As Allied bombs were dropped on Caen, France, thousands of residents hid in nearby caves....

An effort to save the beauty of what was formerly known as the 7 Caves in Bainbridge has resulted in creation of the Cave Canyon Nature Preserve....

The National Cave and Karst Research Institute has broken ground on a visitors center, library and other research facilities dedicated to cave conservation and management....

Missouri does not WANT anything connected to the NSS. Let me make that perfectly clear.....

Geologist and caver Tony Waltham does a favor for all of us so wedded to the wide open spaces that we will never explore the worlds caverns...

The one thing its got going for it is that it claims its totally NON magnetic. I could imagine having one for surveying if its a decent light ....

A simple project to demolish a derelict building turned into an international protection mission....

Nick is one of only a handful of full time Nat Geo photogs on staff. They have since gone away from hiring full time staff rather opting for cheaper freelance artists ...

I say we can have our cake and eat it too. Instead of a disruptive move, I say we expand and start a second facility. One that could get the word out and make money at the same time.......

The devastating storms of the past week have left hundreds of baby bats dead and another 200 fighting for their lives....

There certainly are ignorant people everywhere, no doubt about that! The difference between Kentucky and other places is that there are people who actually will fight it.....

While cavers are familiar in great depth with Kentucky, and tourists know of Mammoth, what I know of Kentucky is it is still pretty backward in terms of the general population understanding karst...

what self respecting mud crawler would call them selves a spel,,,, spelu,,,,,

i want to cave with santa

Well, you know this topic will always cause me to weigh in my opinion! The Kentucky idea is definitely better than the Indiana idea. At least its in a more central caving area and close(r) to an airport for access. I still think Huntsville makes more sense.....

About the only way I could see it benefits is that the NSS Library would presumably be made available.....

Information concerning Bat Conservation and Management Workshops in 2009....

Poachers have reportedly slaughtered hundreds of protected fruit bats on the island of Rota ...

Strong hurricanes have been known to wipe out bird and bat populations, but a new study ....

Located 176 km southwest of Sydney the Wombeyan Caves (a network of over 230 caverns) have a well deserved reputation.....

Giant cave bears froze to death during the last Ice Age in Europe about 28,000 years ago,.....