Express-News: Cavers spelunk for cat history at Natural Bridge Caverns

Elena Bruess, Reporter

For an hour, John Moretti dipped, wound and crawled his way through a world of caves until he was 120 feet underground. Covered in thick mud, he reached a space no larger than an apartment living room. He strapped himself to a rope and rappelled down a gaping hole into total darkness.

The paleontologist was on the hunt for ancient wildcats — or rather, what’s left of them. Read more here