Cavers will soon have access to Black Hills caves the U.S. Forest Service closed three years ago to protect bats from the deadly white-nose syndrome. The fungal disease has killed almost 7 million ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS (AP) – White River National Forest is in the process of installing a gate on Spring Cave near Meeker, and Hubbard Cave near Glenwood Springs is likely to be next in line. The gates ...

Indiana’s bat populations are under pressure, and the Hoosier National Forest is reminding would-be spelunkers to stay out of caves until May. White-nose syndrome, caused by a fungus that started ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The U.S. Forest Service is closing thousands of caves and former mines in national forests in 33 states in an effort to control a fungus that has already killed an estimated ...

Despite the 80 degree weather, everyone carried coats as they gathered on a recent Thursday afternoon outside of Lava River Cave for the U.S. Forest Service’s mandatory orientation. Well, almost ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Lava River Cave, Oregon’s longest known lava tube, is now open for summer guided tours. The nonprofit Discover Your Forest is offering tours for a second season, after ...