Beneath the Earth’s surface lies a world so extreme and isolated that it seems more like an alien planet than part of our own. Veryovkina Cave, the deepest known cave on Earth, plunges a staggering ...

Why it's incredible: The cave is so deep, the world's tallest building could fit inside it. The Hranice Abyss — or "Hranická propast," in Czech — is the deepest known freshwater cave in the world.

I'm a severe claustrophobe. After getting trapped in a slide in my local McDonald's at five years old, I swore off all tight and dark spaces forever. So it's not entirely surprising that I couldn't ...

The Hranicka Abyss is at least 1,325 feet deep, and likely goes down further. — -- A team of explorers believe they have discovered the deepest known underwater cavern the world in eastern Czech ...

CEDAR FALLS — A team of NASA-funded University of Northern Iowa researchers is exploring some of the deepest caves in the United States to uncover secrets about life in extreme environments — and ...

On this episode, we hear how a team of researchers at the University of Northern Iowa is exploring the deepest caves in the U.S. with NASA funding. This could inform the search for life on other ...