Epoch Magazine: Unearthing Texas’ Prehistoric Past

The caverns are vast and dense with formations, and recently animal remains were found at a length of 5,945.7 meters (3.69 miles) in the cavern system. Last January, researchers and members of the Natural Bridge Caverns team spent several days recovering the cache of wildcat fossils that could be anywhere from 200 to 20,000 years old. The remains are currently being evaluated by palaeontologists at the University of Texas at Austin, who expect their findings to be published within the next two years. We reached out to John Moretti, a postgraduate researcher at UT, and Winter Prosapio and Brad Wuest from Natural Bridge Caverns to discuss the logistics of the excavation, the potential significance of the remains, and the role that Natural Bridge Caverns has in preservation and research.

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