Collecting video footage of ice formations in caves of western New Mexico, 2006; Courtesy Connor Gifford


U.S. Geological Survey
Southwest Biological Science Center
Colorado Plateau
Field Station
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Tel: 928.523.7757
Fax: 928.556.7500
Email: J. Judson Wynne

Media Coverage


Research conducted by my teams and I has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, BBC, Astrobiology Magazine, El Mercurio Newspaper, Santiago and Antofagasta, Chile, Planetary Society Radio, as well as numerous newspaper, television and radio media throughout the southwestern U.S., and numerous newspaper and web media throughout the world. Links to select coverage is provided below. 

Cave Ecology

Science Daily, Tiny Bug Found in Grand Canyon Region Cave Suggests Big Biodiversity (08 April 2008)

Arizona Daily Sun Newspaper, Flagstaff, Climate Research goes Underground, A1 & A6 (14 November 2007)

Inside NAU, The Television Show, J. Judson Wynne discusses recent discovery of new millipede genus in northern Arizona caves (04 April 2007)

The Washington Post, New Millipedes Found in Caves (12 March 2007)

MSNBC, New albino millipedes discovered: 'Living fossils' will help researchers understand how life evolved in caves (01 March 2007)

Arizona Public Radio News, Flagstaff, AZ - New Millipede Genus Discovery (20 February 2007)

KNAU Earth Notes, J. Judson Wynne and New Cricket Discovery (August 2006)

USA Today, Researchers Discover New Type of Cricket (26 July 2006)

Live Science, New Genus of Cricket Found in Arizona Cave (05 May 2006)


Earth-Mars Cave Detection Program

Planetary Society Radio, Jut Wynne in the Caves of the Atacama (18 August 2008)

Discovery Channel, Student Science Blog; Water Found in Earth's Driest Place (09 August 2008)

El Mercurio de Santiago, Chile, p. C11, Cavernas del desierto de Atacama son el nuevo laboratorio de pruebas de la NASA (03 August 2008)

El Mercurio de Antofagasta, Chile, Preparan viajes a Marte en cuevas de la región (29 July 2008)

LiveScience.com, Incredible Discoveries Made in Remote Caves (31 July 2008)

KJZZ Phoenix 91.5 FM NPR News, Zooming in on Mars (14 November 2007)

American Chronicle, Do The Caves On Mars Harbor Alien Life? (24 September 2007)

The Planetary Society Weblog, Windows Onto the Abyss: Cave Skylights on Mars (23 May 2007)

Arizona Public Radio News, Flagstaff, AZ, Local Caves May Hold Martian Life Secrets (18 May 2007)

NASA Astrobiology Highlights and Astrobiology Magazine, Exploring Caves from 30 Feet in the Air (30 April 2007)

Astrobiology Magazine, Caves on Mars (04 April 2007)

Space.com, Possible New Mars Cave Targets in Search for Life (02 April 2007)

Arizona Daily Sun Newspaper, Flagstaff, p. A2 "Caves, not canals, for life on Mars?" (30 March 2007)

National Geographic Online, Mars has Cave Networks, New Photos Suggest (21 March 2007)

MSNBC Cosmic Log, Caves on Mars (19 March 2007)

BBC, 'Cave Entrances' Spotted on Mars (17 March 2007)

Georgia Southern Magazine, Cave Man: Wildlife Ecologist Wynne Seeks Out Life Underground (Spring 2006)