Earth not only does not support diverse ecosystems, but it also has places that serve as analogs for other celestial worlds in our solar system. Astrobiologist Joshua Sebree of the University of ...
South Dakota’s Wind Cave is the first national park to protect a cave—and it’s one of America’s oldest. The southwest corner of South Dakota is home to several of the state’s biggest hits, making for ...
Eighteen cave explorers surveyed more than 3,500 feet of unexplored passages in Wind Cave on Feb. 11, making it the fourth-longest cave in the world. Cavers from Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The National Park Service is beginning to excavate the mouth of an unexplored cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and researchers believe it could help broaden our ...
A section of South Dakota’s Wind Cave seen under normal white light (left image) transforms into something otherworldly when placed under UV light (right image). SAN DIEGO, March 25, 2025 — Deep below ...
The search for domestic water in the always-thirsty southern Black Hills has Wind Cave National Park officials worried about protecting lakes that exist in darkness 500 feet below the surface. It also ...
SAN DIEGO, March 25, 2025 — Deep below Earth’s surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of ...