In Mandarin Chinese, the word "tiankeng" directly translates as "heavenly pit" or "sky hole," a phenomenon known as a sinkhole in English. Sinkholes are dramatic geological occurrences caused by ...

Hundreds of fish were swallowed by a sinkhole in China. Astonished locals reportedly watched as more than 500 fish were sucked into the hole along with the pond's water in Sangzi, Hunan, on March 3.

A motorcyclist who fell into a cavernous sinkhole that opened on a Seoul street was found dead after an overnight search, ...

Plants growing at the bottom of giant sinkholes in China are so awash in nutrients, they grow faster than their surface-dwelling counterparts, all while using less of a fundamental building block ...