Here’s how to plan a trip to Mammoth Cave National Park.

National parks. It seems post-COVID, we can't get enough of the outdoors and the natural beauty of America. Kentucky boasts one national park (Mammoth Cave) and two national historical parks (Abraham ...

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The entrance to the cave looks sterilized — a stainless steel door that wouldn’t seem out of place in a hospital looks wholly foreign out here in Mammoth Cave National Park. Yet our cave guide that ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Two Kentucky lawmakers are banding together in an effort to expand Mammoth Cave National Park. Thursday, Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Brett Guthrie introduced the "Mammoth ...

MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — A new-to-science species of ancient shark was recently discovered in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. The Macadens olsoni is known for its unique tooth whorl, a curved row ...

MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — A new-to-science species of ancient shark was recently discovered in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. The small shark named Clavusodens mcginnisi, or “McGinnis’ nail tooth,” ...

A tiny shark species dating back hundreds of millions of years has been identified at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, the National Park Service announced Monday. The identification was made ...