Kirsten Bahr is a physical science technician for the National Park Service and the chair of the Salt Lake Grotto club.

MINNETONKA CAVE, IDAHO — It attacks in the dark. Like a vampire, it stalks its victims while they slumber, invading their flesh until they can take no more — and drop dead. A deadly fungus has ...

In Utah and the West, similar challenges have arisen at popular ice caves and other ancient locations like Minnetonka Cave in southern Idaho, Timpanogos Cave in northern Utah and Carlsbad Caverns ...

Scientists are wary about how to stop the spread of fungus stains — aggravated by global warming — that cave drawings everywhere. In Utah and the West, similar challenges have arisen at popular ice ...