Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stalagmites grow from the cave floor up as water drips down. Gayatri Kathayat In a remote cave in northeast India, rainwater has ...

VALENCIA, SPAIN—Over the past several years, investigation within the Cova Dones cave system in Valencia has shown it to be one of the most intriguing archaeological sites in western Europe. Not only ...

It is remarkable what they can learn from looking at a natural cave formation.

Photo of a (currently) dry, dusty cave south of the Atlas mountains. In the past water was flowing down this large stalagmite formation. We date tiny pieces of stalagmite (~0.25g) to establish when ...

A stalagmite sample at the Cave of the Mounds has shed light on the impacts of rapid temperature rise in the mid-continental regions. Former University of Wisconsin grad student Cameron Batchelor’s ...