Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico offers unique and breathtaking limestone cave formations, hiking trails, and educational experiences.

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Hidden beneath Earth’s surface are caverns and pathways that hold the secrets of our planet’s very beginnings. Even after decades of exploration, there are ...

Beneath the surface of an otherwise unassuming National Park, a labyrinth showcases hundreds of millions of years of geologic history. Each shade of tan layered on the walls represents a different era ...

Cave City, the home to Mammoth Cave National Park, is giving visitors reason to stop and explore. Cave City in Barren County is home to Mammoth Cave National Park. Over the years, the city has gone ...

The discovery of more than 100 prehistoric structures in the Cova Dones cave in Spain makes it one of the most significant prehistoric underground sites in the world. Archaeologists found stalagmites ...

In 1991, a Vietnamese man named Hồ Khanh was walking through the jungle near the Laos border while searching for agarwood, a resin used in perfume and incense. During a storm, he took shelter near a ...

While most people are preoccupied with what’s happening above ground in the Mount Shasta area, very few people think to venture underneath it. With towering mountains, epic hikes, cascading waterfalls ...

There’s something about cave exploring that intimidates me. Perhaps it’s venturing below ground or the feeling of being enclosed, but the whole experience strikes me as a bit off-putting. That being ...

Literally, of course. Because of their lack of light and subterranean location, most maintain a constant temperature around 50 degrees — perfect for exploring on a hot summer day. They’re figuratively ...

Local cavers detail the beauty of caves and what fuels their passion to keep exploring. The Central Indiana Grotto is a group of cavers who meet monthly in Indianapolis. Each year they host an event ...