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 ...

“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 ...

"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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Plants growing at the bottom of giant sinkholes in China are so awash in nutrients, they grow faster than their surface-dwelling counterparts, all while using less of a fundamental building block ...

A massive sinkhole suddenly opened at a bus stop in China, swallowing five bystanders. The event, which happened in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, was captured on surveillance video.