From about 2.5 million to 11,700 years ago, big cats like the cave lion roamed all corners of the globe. Much like early humans, early lions migrated out of Africa to neighboring Asia and Europe, ...

The earliest ever depiction of a hunting scene has been discovered in a cave in Indonesia. The rock art, which shows human-like figures hunting buffalo and pigs, has been dated to around 44,000 years ...

Archaeologists in Indonesia have stumbled upon an extraordinarily old cave painting which appears to depict human-like figures in pursuit of wild pigs and buffaloes. It’s quite possibly the oldest ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A rare cave study reveals Cuban boas hunting bats together, positioning themselves strategically to block escapes, ...

NO wonder that timid wanderers, peering into the dark mysterious depths of some abyss, should in their awe have peopled them with gnomes and goblins, or fancied themselves at the portals of another ...

Maybe when you picture a university professor doing research it involves test tubes and beakers, or perhaps poring over musty manuscripts in a dimly lit library, or maybe going out into the field to ...

I HAVE often dreamed of the pleasure I might have had exploring the Cuban caves with Don Felipe Poey. Poey, who was born in Havana the twenty-sixth of May, 1799, and died there the twenty-eighth of ...

If your spooky side is longing for something Halloween-esque in the midst of summer, Colossal Cave has you covered. Once a month, the cave offers ghost-hunting tours and paranormal investigations. The ...

October 22, 2013: Over the last few decades combat engineers have had to acquire a new set of skills for finding tunnels and caves. That’s because many actual and potential foes are increasingly using ...

Breaking down a hyena kill. Given competition with other carnivores, prehistoric hyenas (like their living counterparts) would probably have disarticulated and transported parts of horses they killed.

SINCE the memorable researches of Dr. Buckland in the early part of last century, the exploration of British caves has had a great fascination for many investigators. This is no matter for surprise, ...