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• Recreation: Outdoors: Caving  (1,286)
• Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna  (21,618)
• Science: Earth Sciences: Geology: Geomorphology: Caves and Karst  (34)

• Biospeleology   - Illinois Natural History Survey web site. Within caves a diverse biota may be found, exhibiting varying degrees of adaptation to the subterranean environment. Information and links about cave habitats and fauna, as well as cave protection and related topics.

• Anchialine Caves and Cave Fauna - Research on the diversity, significance and distribution of cave animals in anchialine caves -- coastal caves formed in limestone or volcanic rock and flooded with seawater.
• Biological Investigations of Diana Northup - Publications and other information on cave microbiology research at sites including Lechuguilla cave and Cueva de Villa Luz.
• Biospeleology (cave biology) - Texas Memorial Museum's web site on biospeleology. Information on the biota of caves, karst, and groundwater.
• The Cave Life Page - Photographs of cave organisms.
• Caving Canada: Biospeleology in Canada and on the WWW - Includes a directory of biospeleology researchers worldwide, Canadian cave biology directory, and many internet links.
• Groundwater Biology - Exhaustive collection of information about groundwater and cave biology. Checklist and bibliography for most taxa, distribution maps, images and useful links. Updated regularly.
• Island Karst Research - Studies of bats and other cave biota on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• Map of Biodiversity Levels of Karst Landforms in the United States - Summarizes evaluations of biodiversity associated with caves and related features. [jpeg image]
• Mexico Biospeleology - Reports from field investigations of biology in the underwater caves of northern Mexico.
• Missouri Cave Critters - Descriptions of bats, cave fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrate fauna found in Missouri caves.
• Missouri Cave Life - Photos of some of the 800 different species of animals recorded in Missouri caves, only about 64 of which are truly cave-adapted troglobites. Also includes photos of cave gates built to conserve cave life and other resources.
• Movile Cave - About the Movile cave, a unique and fragile underground environment near the Black Sea in Romania, a cave whose evolution is driven by chemosynthesis, with special emphasis on cave biota and ecology.