Over the past several years, investigation within the Cova Dones cave system in Valencia has shown it to be one of the most ...

The basic tour through Carlsbad Cavern is the Big Room Route, a 1.25-mile, self-guided underground stroll around the ...

Scientists have found a stalagmite in an Oregon cave that tells the story of thousands of winters in the Pacific Northwest. "Most other ways of estimating past climate, like tree-ring data ...

Researchers from Skidmore College analyzing an ancient stalagmite found hurricane activity during that period was not much different from earlier or later centuries. How did they reach that ...

The markings, which date back to more than 60,000 years ago, were made on a massive stalagmite 328 feet (100 meters) into Cueva de Ardales near Málaga. The stalagmite’s domelike shape was ...

Two mysterious stone rings found deep inside a French cave were probably built by Neanderthals about 176,500 years ago, proving that the ancient cousins of modern humans were capable of more ...

An interdisciplinary team composed of researchers from the University of Alicante (UA) and the University of Zaragoza (Unizar ...

This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. You think you have interesting work, and indeed you may, but chances are it doesn't ...

“Stalagmite” uses the letter “g," as in “ground.” But what about stalagmites? There’s a reason these are generally found directly underneath stalactites—all that dripping water has ...

A volleyball-sized stalagmite taken from a cave in northern China has given scientists insight about how the region’s precipitation has varied — and possibly influenced the rise and fall of ...

A 44,000-year climate history recorded in a stalagmite in a wet cave in the Santa Rita Mountains lends credence to what scientists have long suspected: When the climate warms globally, the ...