As flowing water erodes the limestone layered beneath the Earth’s surface in southwestern Indiana, caves and sinkholes develop. This hilly underground landscape occurs naturally and allows unfiltered ...

A breathtaking expedition high among limestone escarpments and deep in the cave systems they contain has revealed several new reptile species, including a dazzling pit viper you have to see to believe ...

Corn and soy fields seem to take up vast swaths of Indiana’s land across the state, but Indiana is rich with varying landscapes and habitats. Some are easy to identify like forests, grasslands and ...

Two new species of geckos have been discovered in Vietnam, one of which has been named after a renowned scientist.

Credit: Phyroum Chourn / Fauna & Flora/Cover Images A series of newly identified species has been uncovered in Cambodia’s unexplored limestone cave systems - including a spectacular turquoise viper.

If microbiology is the study of microbes, and sociology is the study of societies, then meteorologists ought to be giving us the forecast on incoming space rocks. In the Sciences, labels are supposed ...

In past columns I discussed two of the features a person can find in our Indiana karst landscape. There are, however, other karst features of interest in our state. Sinkholes are a very common ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...