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Fossil prospector Ron Frithiof

The Dinosaur Fossil Wars

Across the American West, legal battles over dinosaur fossils are on the rise as amateur prospectors make major finds
April 2009 | By Donovan Webster

Many of the 46 bat species in North America (an Indiana bat, about half its actual size) are threatened by loss of hibernation.

A Mine of Its Own

Where miners used to dig, an endangered bat now flourishes, highlighting a new use for abandoned mineral sites
May 2004 | By Douglas H. Chadwick

Although most of the cave was carved by sulfuric acid, the entrance was scalloped by the action of water and carbonic acid.

Subterranean Surprises

Scientists are discovering that caves more complex than we ever imagined may yield vast riches about the origins of life
October 2002 | By Evan Hadingham

Crystal Moonbeams

A pair of Mexican miners stumble upon a room filled with what could be the world's largest crystals
April 2002 | By John F. Ross


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