Cave explorers in southern China may have found the modern-day equivalent of The Lost World. At the bottom of the newly discovered 630-foot deep sinkhole lies a hidden forest, lush with shoulder ...

Cave explorers stumbled upon a prehistoric forest at the bottom of a giant sinkhole in South China earlier this month. Sinkholes such as these are also known in Chinese as Tiankeng, or "Heavenly pit.

"So in China you have this incredibly visually spectacular karst with enormous sinkholes and giant cave entrances and so forth. In other parts of the world you walk out on the karst and you really ...

Chinese cave explorers have found a primeval forest filled with 130-foot tall ancient trees in China's Guangxi region Cave explorers in the Guangxi region of China have found a secret ancient ...

“So in China you have this incredibly visually spectacular karst with enormous sinkholes and giant cave entrances and so forth. In other parts of the world you walk out on the karst and you ...

Giant sinkholes are common in this part of China, a UNESCO World Heritage site. They are a feature of some karst landscapes and form when groundwater dissolves bedrock, causing the ceiling of a ...

Photo taken on Nov. 25, 2019 shows plants growing inside a karst sinkhole in Donglan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A cave exploration team has discovered two giant karst ...

But drones and a few brave souls who lowered themselves into places untouched since dinosaurs roamed the Earth have revealed new treasures - and turned China’s sinkholes into a tourist attraction.

Sinkholes, especially in this region of China, are formed by the dissolution of bedrock underneath the surface, Veni explained to Live Science. When this happens, giant sinkholes like the one ...

Here’s how it works. Why it's incredible: China's enormous sinkholes make the landscape look like someone has taken a hole punch to it. Take one look at the giant sinkholes that pockmark China's ...