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Caves
Natural underground passageways or chambers, or hollowed out cavities in the side of a cliff. [USGS GNIS Feature Class Definitions <http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/feature_class.htm>]
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Biological resource status and trends: Caves and subterranean habitats [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on caves and subterranean habitats
A Devils Hole primer [New Window]
Plain-language questions and answers about the stable-isotopic record obtained from Devils Hole, a cave in south-central Nevada. The data do not agree with the Milankovitch hypothesis concerning the causes of glacial cycles in climate change.


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