Cold air rushes from a small hole in the ground, whispering secrets of a world far below the surface. Imagine stepping across ...

"There’s a high probability that if you want to think about the most hospitable place where you want life to be outside the ...

When it comes to understanding life in space, you’d think that an astrobiologist’s workload would be focused in, well, space.

It's been not quite two months since a year-long project to upgrade the elevators at Wind Cave National Park was finished, ...

Fluorescent caves deep below America show how alien life could exist on one of Jupiter's moons, say scientists. The chemistry in Wind Cave, South Dakota, means that, under an ultraviolet (UV ...

South Dakota's intriguing Jewel Cave National Monument, located about 55 miles southwest of Rapid City, is currently considered the fifth-longest cave in the world. With more than 200 miles of ...

Here’s why South Dakota is the ‘undisputed queen of maze caves’ in the U.S. Here’s why South Dakota is the ‘undisputed queen of maze caves’ in the U.S. This 45,500-year-old pig ...

This rental cabin in South Dakota is the perfect base camp for visiting underrated Wind Cave National Park and the rest of the Black Hills and Badlands.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - Students and professors at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls are exploring South Dakota’s Wind Cave, gathering research on how life could survive in ...

The chemistry in Wind Cave, South Dakota, means that, under an ultraviolet (UV) light, chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and green. Scientists are using the ...