Mammoth Cave is a solution cave, the product of a karst landscape. Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rock like limestone by weak acidic water. Sinkholes, ridges, springs, ...

Karst refers to the topography, which can be above or below ground, formed from the dissolution of carbonate rocks such as limestone and dolomite. The awards were handed out at the recent UIRC ...

The new species “was recorded at relatively low elevations; the surrounding habitat consists of lowland mixed with ...

Nestled in the northeastern corner of Iowa lies the Driftless Area, a region unlike any other in the state. Covering ...

Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky is home to a wide variety of wildlife, both above and below ground. Most commonly-seen above ground are squirrels, and deer. Rarer sights include coyotes, black ...

In the rocks and caves of Thailand, a “grass green” creature waits in ambush for small critters to cross its path. Nopparuj Lamaikul via Unsplash In the karst, rocky limestone landscape of ...

This Midwest state's "mini Niagara Falls" is its tallest. It's located in an underrated park and owes its beauty to its unique geological history.

In 2022, a team of Chinese scientists dared to rappel down into a giant sinkhole in The South China Karst, … Continue reading ...

The province is part of an extensive karst belt that stretches through eight provinces in southern China. The karst areas shown on the map occur where soluble rock, primarily limestone, is exposed ...

For 16 years, the Buffalo National River has denied explorers access to Arkansas’s longest cave and hundreds of others. Some ...