A tourism brochure for New Zealand's Waitomo Caves from 1928 What’s waiting for us within the mysterious depths of a cave? It’s been the stuff of legend and campfire stories for centuries.

Within the caves, the monochrome lifelessness of the desert gave way to an exuberance of color and movement. Thousands of Buddhas in every hue radiated across the grotto walls, their robes ...

14,700 years ago, in a cave in Somerset, our ancestors were eating other people. Museum research reveals these Ice Age Britons weren't eating human flesh out of necessity but as part of a ritual. 'The ...

This story appears in the February 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. She is lying in a cave, dying. Legs and arms but knobby sticks, Lidia Maiyu is curled up close to the campfire.

Our drive to understand the evolutionary history of life on Earth leads us to search for clues deep underground. Cave divers are at the forefront of this research, helping us access some of the ...

Cenotes in the Yucatán Peninsula are time capsules preserving remnants of Maya culture and fossils of extinct megafauna Martin Broen Freelance writer The underwater caves of the Yucatán ...

The best home security systems offer a convenient and user-friendly approach to home protection, and the top DIY models allow you to set up your security without needing professional installation.

Whereas they might be smaller than the average five-foot catfish, some pleco species can reach a size of a foot and a half.

When it comes to making yourself heard over the crowd, the classic way to do it is with a handheld air horn. Nothing says, "Hey, pay attention to me," like a quick blast of sound from the palm of ...

Scientists have for the first time discovered a cave on the Moon. At least 100m deep, it could be an ideal place for humans to build a permanent base, they say. It is just one in probably hundreds ...

The DIY (Do-It-Yourself) industry aims to help customers improve their homes without the need for any extra professional help. The market is driven in part by the growth of the residential real ...