Beginning in 1903 with the creation of Wind Cave National Park, ten National Park Service units have been created because of the caves they contained. Since the establishment of the National Park ...

Karst landscapes are formed primarily by the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, leading to distinctive features including sinkholes, dolines, caves, and underground drainage systems.

Have you ever wondered how an entire river could simply disappear? While it might sound like magic, the sudden vanishing of ...

It covers a quarter of the United States, and almost as much of the entire world. It results in the creation of most caves visited each year by millions of tourists around the globe, including the ...

This story was initially published June 29, 2024. Corn and soy fields seem to take up vast swaths of Indiana’s land across the state, but Indiana is rich with varying landscapes and habitats. Some are ...

In past columns I discussed two of the features a person can find in our Indiana karst landscape. There are, however, other karst features of interest in our state. Sinkholes are a very common ...

Activists in Indonesia demand the government to issue a new regulation aimed at better protecting the country’s karsts, the unique rocky landscapes that are home to species found nowhere else on Earth ...

Almost one-sixth of Earth's land surface is covered in otherworldly landscapes with a name that may also be unfamiliar: karst. These landscapes are like natural sculpture parks, with dramatic terrain ...