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  • May 2008

    • Final Doomsday Cultists Exit Russian Cave

      BBC  |  May 16, 08 10:15 AM CDT

      Final Doomsday Cultists Exit Russian Cave

      (Newser) - The final nine members of a Russian doomsday cult holed up in a cave to await the apocalypse (coming this month) have abandoned ship, unable to stand the stench of two people who had died. Thirty-five followers of a self-declared prophet calling himself Father Pyotr climbed into the cave in November and threatened to blow themselves up if police tried to remove them, the BBC reports. More »

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      Russia  • cancer  • psychiatry  • cult  • corpse  • caves

  • March 2008

    • Deadly Disease Ravaging Bats

      New York Times  |  Mar 25, 08 5:57 AM CDT

      Deadly Disease Ravaging Bats

      (Newser) - A mysterious syndrome is wiping out colonies of hibernating bats and baffling biologists, the New York Times reports. Experts don't know what causes the "white nose syndrome" or how it spreads, but they warn that bat populations in the Northeast are being devastated. Field researchers report bats flying out of caves in the middle of the day and dying in the snow. Some 90% of hibernating bats in four New York caves studied have died. More »

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      endangered species  • wildlife  • biologists  • hibernation  • caves  • bats

  • December 2007

    • Mold Threatens Cave Paintings

      New York Times  |  Dec 9, 07 8:30 AM CST

      Mold Threatens Cave Paintings

      (Newser) - They've existed for thousands of years but it's the lowly fungus that could finally be the death of France's most famous prehistoric cave paintings. Invading gray and black mold is threatening the animal images in the Lascaux cave in southwestern France, and scientists are uncertain what has caused it. The government has approved treatment with a fungicide and the cave will be sealed for up to four months, reports the New York Times.   More »

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      France  • painting  • fungus  • caves  • prehistoric  • Cavemen

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