==> The first Iranian cave museum. FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 23 July 2006.The first Iranian cave museum will be set up in the Huto and Kamarband caves of Mazandaran Provinces Behshar region, the Persian service of CHN reported. Source: http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=44503&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4716 ==> Cave crickets visit area homes after recent heavy rains. FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 22 July 2006.RANDOLPH -- After 40 years of living in town, Bob Grayson discovered a new type of bug in his house -- cave crickets.I didn't even know there was another species of crickets, he said of bugs that invaded his basement in the aftermath of the recent heavy rains.Source: http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060722/COMMUNITIES/607220342 http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4715 ==> U.S. and German Scientists to Map Cave Man Gene. FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 22 July 2006.A two-year project has been launched to decipher the genetic code of the Neanderthal. Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-briefs22.1jul22,1,4242843.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4719 ==> Cave dwellers gain protection. FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 21 July 2006.Tiny, small in numbers and totally blind, the Kaua'i cave wolf spider and amphipod are both scheduled to be rescued from the edge of extinction with a new plan issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.Source: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jul/20/ln/FP607200359.html http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4718 ==> Mammoth Cave's African-American History. FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 21 July 2006.Joy Medley Lyons began working at Mammoth Cave the summer before her senior year of college. During that time she became fascinated by the stories of the cave.Source: http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/3390626.html http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4717 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SpeleoUnion http://groups.google.ru/group/SpeleoUnion -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---