Scientists have found evidence of life in a cave system hidden deep beneath the Antarctic ice.
Researchers have unveiled details of their latest findings at an important cave site in South Africa.
Scientists have found a way to identify extinct species of human by analyzing the sediment inside caves.
In a remarkable breakthrough, microbes trapped inside cave crystals have been brought back to life.
The cave, though previously looted of its scrolls, is the first to be discovered in more than 60 years.
Scientists have found a way to identify the DNA of our ancestors from prehistoric bone dust samples.
Scientists have discovered a superbug that has remained isolated underground for millions of years.
Divers have discovered an underwater cave in the Czech Republic which descends to a depth of 1,325ft.
A 50,000-year-old sewing needle made from bone has been discovered during a dig at a cave in Siberia.
Neanderthal remains unearthed in Belgium's Goyet caves show indications of cannibalistic behavior.
An extremely rare form of cave-dwelling salamander has emerged from its egg in Slovenia's Postojna cave.
Remarkable prehistoric structures made from stalagmites have been discovered inside a cave in France.
70-year-old Peter Lohr claims to have located five nuclear bombs inside a network of underground caverns.
A missing patent for the world's first powered flying machine has been found in an old archive in Kansas.
The woolly mammoth is not the only prehistoric beast that modern science could bring back to life.
New research has indicated that 'hobbit' remains found inside a cave actually do belong to a new species.
Anthropologists have discovered 47 human teeth in a cave in Southern China that date back 80,000 years.
Evidence of a 9,000-year-old Stone Age ritual site has been found on the Swedish island of Bla Jungfrun.
A treasure trove of bones has been found inside a hidden chamber within a cave near Johannesburg.
A new species of centipede has been found inside a cave system 4,700ft below the Earth's surface.