==> Building a better bat cave FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 6 May 2005.To keep bats from overpopulating Cliffside Amphitheater at the Grandview area of New River Gorge National River, National Park Service biologists have built a bat condo to give the insect-eating winged mammals a snug, alternative roosting place.Source: http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/Other%20News/2006050533 http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4351 ==> Cave bug called new species FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 6 May 2006.Craig Wagnell was actually trying to take a picture of something very, very old when he accidentally snapped a shot of something he believes is completely new. The Port Alberni caver thinks he has discovered a new species of insect inside a cave in the karst formations above Sproat Lake and one of the top experts in the field believes hes right. Source: http://www.pqbnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=50&cat=46&id=642465&more http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4350 ==> New Genus of Cricket Found in Arizona Cave FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 6 May 2006.In a rare type of discovery, researchers have identified a whole new genus of cricket in caves in Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northwestern Arizona.The discovery was made by Northern Arizona University doctoral candidate J. Judson Wynne and National Park Service researcher Kyle Voyles. The new genus has yet to be named. It was identified by cricket expert Theodore Cohn of San Diego State University.Source: http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060505_cricket_genus.html http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4349 ==> Ninety-Year-Old Caveman Likes His Life on the Rocks FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 6 May 2006.Ninety-year-old dude digs his cave casa so much, he's lived there for 58 years. Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194420,00.html http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4352 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SpeleoUnion http://groups.google.ru/group/SpeleoUnion -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
