Secrets of a Sunless World: Inside Earth's Most Isolated Cave

09/10/24 • 10 min

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In this episode of Wildly Curious (formerly For the Love of Nature), co-hosts Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole kick off their mini-series on caves by exploring one of the most isolated and unique caves on Earth—Movile Cave in Romania. Discovered in 1986, this cave has been sealed off from the outside world for over 5 million years. Learn how this strange, oxygen-poor environment supports life in ways similar to deep-sea ecosystems, including the bizarre species that have evolved to survive in total darkness. From chemosynthesis to creepy crawlers, this episode reveals the secrets of life hidden beneath the Earth's surface.

Perfect for cave enthusiasts, science lovers, and anyone fascinated by the mysteries of Earth’s hidden ecosystems.

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Perfect for cave enthusiasts, science lovers, and anyone fascinated by the mysteries of Earth’s hidden ecosystems.

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Wildly Curious - Secrets of a Sunless World: Inside Earth's Most Isolated Cave

Transcript

Laura: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to For the Love of Nature, a podcast where we tell you everything you need to know about nature and probably more than you wanted to know. I'm Laura.

Katy: And I'm Katie, and this is the first of a series for the mini sodes that we're gonna have. The little, in between bites of the long episodes, because Laura and I, I mean, we've been doing this for three and a half years now, and that's impressive for us to begin wit