A team of researchers at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is exploring some of the deepest caves in the country to learn ...

Fluorescent cave minerals are helping scientists explore how life could survive in harsh places like Europa. Far beneath ...

Findings about the chemical makeup of cave systems can teach us about life in places humans have yet to reach.

It emphasizes the constant conditions found in caves, such as temperature and humidity, and how isolation leads to speciation among cave-dwelling species. The role of surface organisms ...

Fluorescent caves deep below America show how alien life could exist on one of Jupiter's moons, say scientists. The chemistry ...

Inside Wind Cave the scientists found that chemicals fossilised within the rocks shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue, and ...

Deep below the 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 pink, blue and green.

Researchers use a portable fluorescence spectrometer to analyze the glowing formations in underground caves. Now, researchers ...