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 ...

A new species of shark was discovered in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park.The ancient shark is called a "Macadens Olsoni."Experts say it had a distinct curved row of teeth, used to crush small ...

The air is cool and damp. The light shining from behind is low and tinted, while a park ranger's hand hovers over a button. Then, a switch clicks. Light floods a chasm in the stone, a chamber called ...

About 340 million years ago, a tiny shark swam in the waters of the world’s longest cave system in Kentucky, its unusual mouth curved in a way that will ultimately end up defining its future legacy.

Kentucky's Mammoth Caves National Park is full of spectacular underground wonders and receives about 600,000 visitors each year. Although Mammoth Cave gets a lot of attention, it's not the only cave ...

If you’re traveling to Kentucky with kids, you’ll have no shortage of fun things to do. From natural wonders to amusement ...

Experience wilderness unfiltered amid miles of breathtaking hiking and backpacking trails in Illinois’ Garden of the Gods or go underground, then enjoy the view at an international dark sky park at ...

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 ...

Experts say it had a distinct curved row of teeth, used to crush small sea creatures. The fossils found are estimated to be 355 million years old, back when Mammoth Cave was nothing but warm shallow ...