Authorities have suspended tours to the 250-million-year-old Bat Cave in Thanh Hoa Province after a tourist's report of failling rocks raised safety concerns. The management board of Pu Luong Nature ...

In Spain’s Cave of El Castillo, red ochre paintings depict rooflike shapes from the Upper Paleolithic. © Government of Cantabria / Pedro Saura Ramos Last year, I ...

Perhaps the most evocative windows into the minds of our ancient ancestors are the images they painted on the walls of caves – renderings known simply as rock art or cave paintings. Rock art, which is ...

For the first time, scientists have recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls. The search took place at caves throughout Spain and Portugal known for prehistoric paintings, including Spain’s famed ...

“For a moment there, I thought we were going to be stuck in there,” Sherina Welch tells PEOPLE Sherina Welch In July 2026, Sherina Welch and her husband’s visit to Capri’s Blue Grotto took a ...

In a first, scientists recovered human DNA from ancient cave paintings, a breakthrough that could open new ways to investigate prehistoric human activity by enabling caves to act as “genetic archives” ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years. Using sterilized scalpels and two layers ...

For the first time, scientists have shown that ancient human DNA can survive for thousands of years on cave walls, opening new ways to study prehistoric human activity. This interdisciplinary study ...

Spain's most exclusive art gallery is nestled in a northern hillside, and almost no one gets in. Writing for the Guardian, Stephen Phelan does a deep dive on the Cave of Altamira, a site on UNESCO's ...

UTAH COUNTY, Utah — The wait is almost over as Timpanogos Cave National Monument is getting set to reopen for tours this season. The National Park Service announced Monday that cave tours will resume ...

If you missed the rare aquifer tours at Natural Bridge Caverns a couple of weeks ago, you may have missed your slim opportunity unless there is more rain. Recent rains in the Texas Hill Country could ...