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

Kentucky probationary employees fired in February may soon be returning to work. After multiple lawsuits challenging the terminations, two federal judges ruled earlier this month terminated employees ...

Mammoth Cave National Park, home to the world’s longest known cave system, stretches for more than 680 kilometres, and ...

Getty Image Scientists are always making fascinating discoveries, some of which are right beneath our noses. Recently, beneath Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, scientists discovered two extinct ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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 ...