Articles for tag: Appalachian Caves, bioluminescent insects, cave ecosystems, Glow worms, Nature Wonders USA

a cave with a fire inside

Glow Worm Colonies Light Up Appalachian Caves

Suhail Ahmed

On a damp evening deep inside a limestone corridor, the cave roof flickers to life as if someone draped the Milky Way within arm’s reach. For years, the dark ceilings of were written off as barren rock – quiet, cold, and static. Now, new surveys and careful night work are revealing something noteworthy in some ...

a group of people in a forest

Biologists Find Glow Worms Lighting Up North Carolina Caves

Suhail Ahmed

  On a damp night when the mountains draw their curtains of fog, a team of biologists switched off their headlamps and watched the rock ceiling bloom into a quiet galaxy. The points of light were not stars, but glow worm larvae scattered across limestone like sparks from a hidden forge. The discovery reframes a ...