In two villages in the Guizhou Province of China, sloping caves hold water below the surface. Their openings lead down nearly 1,000 feet to large pools of water, their total expanse unknown because of ...

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In karst caves in southern China, two new species were discovered in cages set by researchers. Rui Marinho via Unsplash In two villages in the Guizhou Province of China, sloping caves hold water below ...