Admission: Free Location: 3901 US-411, Dandridge Approximate travel time from Knoxville: 50 minutes The Lost Sea America's largest underground lake is just a short jaunt from Knoxville. At the ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean is an uninhabited atoll that houses underground mycorrhizal networks that may have evolved a unique ability to cycle nutrients between seabirds, rainforest trees ...

So how does this underground superstar survive beneath the forest floor? Many people think of plants as nice-looking greens. Essential for clean air, yes, but simple organisms.

In the rainforest of Costa Rica, a soil-dwelling fish with skin-covered eyes maneuvered through the mud. Its small size and underground lifestyle likely helped it go unnoticed — until now. When ...

In 2007, Ecuador’s then-president, Rafael Correa, announced an ambitious plan to prevent oil drilling in Yasuní National Park, one of the world’s most biodiverse areas and home to the ...