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Ecosystems

Inside the Talgua Cave

The Cave of the Glowing Skulls

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.

Gomantong Cave

Sandakan, Malaysia

Gomantong Cave

In this Borneo cave, it's not the thousands of bats you need to worry about, it's the blankets of roaches.

Koyashskoye Salt Lake

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

Nothofagus Hotel atrim looking down

Panguipulli, Chile

Hotel Nothofagus

This enchanting rainforest hotel looks as though it grew from the forest itself.

We Still Don't Know Why Medieval Europeans Built Their Mysterious 'Erdstall' Tunnels

Eric Grundhauser November 1, 2015

Prometheus Cave

Kumistavi, Georgia

Prometheus Cave

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

Entrance marker to the arboretum

Narsarsuaq, Greenland

Arboretum Groenlandicum

An experimental forest at the foreground of arboreal science is also the canary in the coal mine for climate change.

Cave Diving Is Every Bit As Dangerous and Wonderful As It Seems

Eric Grundhauser October 23, 2015

Squirrel (pattern) trapped in a petrified tree at Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park

Vantage, Washington

Ginkgo Petrified Forest

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

A Visual Guide to the Deepest Places on Earth

George Kokkinidis October 19, 2015

Hohllay Cave

Berdorf, Luxembourg

Hohllay Cave

This Luxembourg cave is covered in cryptic looking marks left by mining activity.

The Dragon's Den

Wawel Dragon's Den

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

New York, New York

The Ramble Cave

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

martian landscapes

100 Wonders: Blood Falls

Dylan Thuras September 15, 2015

The Grand Canyon Luxury Suite That Is Also A Cave

Andy Wright September 10, 2015

weird weather phenomena

100 Wonders: The Coldest Town on Earth

Dylan Thuras July 23, 2015

Cave of the Hanging Snakes

José María Morelos, Mexico

Cave of the Hanging Snakes

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

Florence, Oregon

Sea Lion Caves

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.