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An unexplored world right beneath our feet

NAU News, June 22, 2021

NAU cave ecologist on the importance of caves in discussions on conservation.

Inside China’s caves, where untold animal, plant species could go extinct before being discovered

South China Morning Post, March 22, 2019

China and Southeast Asia have some of the richest cave faunas in the world, yet they are largely unexplored.

Brain Food: Cave Creatures

Arizona Public Radio, June 21, 2018

A biologist from Flagstaff recently discovered eight new invertebrate species while investigating tropical caves in southeastern China near the Vietnam border. 

Los nuevos inquilinos de Isla de Pascua

La Tercera, May 9, 2017

Investigadores están actualizando el inventario de insectos de la isla, un trabajo que no se realizaba desde los 70.

The Race to Save the Last Endemic Insects on Easter Island

Discover Magazine, April 18, 2017

A few species, many newly discovered, cling to life in caves on the tiny island even as extinction looms.

Investigación Insectos Endemicos de Rapa Nui

TV Mate Ote, Rapa Nui, September 16, 2016

Jut Wynne and CONAF park guards Francisco Ika and Petero Huke discuss the importance of a three month study to inventory endemic insects in caves,...

Saving Easter Island’s Last Native Species

Island Conservation News, August 8, 2016

Invasive species and tourism have depleted most of Easter Island’s native wildlife. Ten tiny insects may be all that’s left, and they are in urgent need of...

Protecting Easter Island’s Newly Discovered Cave-Dwelling Bugs

Arizona Public Radio, November 26, 2015

Rollie-polies, book lice and bugs called springtails are among the 10 newly discovered insects that live only on the remote Easter Island in the Pacific...

Asia’s fragile caves face growing development risks

The Guardian, December 14, 2014

The limestone caves of Southeast Asia and southwest China are home to scores of plants and animals, many of them rare. But a rise in...

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