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The steps leading down to the 110 degree cave. Visitors are greeted by a sign asking them to respect the quiet of the caves and speak in low tones. Photo: Alexis Kikoen, Rocky Mountain PBS Ute Indians ...

The Death Mountain Fairy Cave is a small location accessible from the lower of the three rock balconies on the east side of Death Mountain. It's not a Fairy Fountain, but contains two Fairies ...

Wells Cave is a narrow natural passageway flanked by steep rock faces, located along the Wells Cave Track Loop in Cathedral Ranges National Park. It's a squeezy space that's only recommended for those ...

To get to the Death Mountain Dark World Treasure Cave, first go to Death Mountain in the Light World. Head up the long ladder on the west side and head east to enter the warp that first brought ...

If you like your caves with a little extra sparkle, Tamborine Mountain's offering will be right up your alley. Constructed in 2004 as part of an eco preservation project, the Glow Worm Cave at Cedar ...

Scientists are using these fluorescent features to understand how the caves formed and the conditions for supporting life in extreme, and even extraterrestrial, environments. Deep below Earth's ...

In 1960, Dale Green and his friends discovered and explored a cave in Utah. After having gone through its narrow turns and passages lined with clay, the texture of soft, brown putty, they named it ...

Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, mammoths and rhinoceros into the walls, a fabulous prehistoric menagerie ...