People might not believe it if they haven't been to Missouri, but the state, which is also known as the Cave State, is home to over 7,000 caves offering a plethora of breathtaking subterranean ...

Missouri is freckled with geologic features like caves and sinkholes. This is because the bedrock — composed of soluble rock like limestone and dolomite — is conducive to karst formation. Missouri has ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Riverbluff Cave is the oldest, fossil cave in all of North America and it’s located in the Ozarks.

With over 4 miles and seven stories full of unique rock formations and water streams, this underground cavern is one of the ...

MISSOURI – While Missouri is known as the “Show Me State,” it’s also been deemed the “Cave State” as there are around 7,500 caves, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources—and two of ...

About a dozen young children knelt on pads while cheering and clapping during a puppet show early Saturday afternoon at the Missouri Department of Conservation's Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City.

Missouri, long known as the “Cave State,” has thousands of caves, and although each cave deserves its own spotlight, we're going to focus on six caves that you may want to visit near Springfield. Some ...

Dozens of Missouri's bat caves will be closed as a result of the recent discovery of white nose syndrome, a fungus responsible for killing more than a million bats in the eastern United States.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MISSOURI – While Missouri is known as the ...