The subterranean environment of caves presents a unique laboratory for studying microbial ecology. In these isolated, oligotrophic habitats, microorganisms engage in diverse metabolic processes and ...

With high carbon dioxide, low oxygen and no photosynthesis, here’s how an entire ecosystem persists in one of the world’s most extreme environments. Life, as we know it, is exceptionally good at ...

Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 100 square meters ...

After eons underground, it was discovered by accident. Within a couple of decades, it was already under threat.

JERUSALEM — Israeli scientists said Wednesday that they had discovered a prehistoric ecosystem dating back millions of years. The discovery was made in a cave near the central Israeli city of Ramle ...

A remote cave system nestled along the border of Greece and Albania has revealed what may be the largest known spider colony on Earth—and possibly the largest web ever documented. The discovery, made ...

Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico describe it as a “world-changing” event for the tiny microbes and insects that call this specialized subterranean environment home. The ...

A bag of Cheetos left on the flow of Carlsbad Caverns turned into what rangers described as a "world-changing event" for microbes and insects within the caverns. The bag's content triggered the growth ...