Researchers have uncovered the fossilized remains of two previously unknown species of prehistoric sharks in the deep ...

Explore Mammoth Cave National Park, the longest cave system on Earth, featuring the richest known habitat for cave wildlife in the world. It may be difficult to think of caves as spacious and grand, ...

When scientists crawled into Mammoth Cave —a.k.a. the largest known cave system on the planet— they weren’t expecting company ...

Both Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum, members of the extinct ctenacanth genus (Ctenacanthus), have been ...

Mammoth Cave National Park in south-central Kentucky, home to the world’s longest cave system, has extended its fame. The National Park Service announced that explorers have mapped out an ...

Caves have a multifaceted allure. While the general public is drawn to them for the otherworldly atmosphere and sense of ...

From Franklin and Leiper's Fork to Mammoth Cave National Park and Loretta Lynn’s Ranch, here are the best day trips to take ...

This collapsed sinkhole, the largest known natural entrance to the Mammoth Cave system, is believed by researchers to be where the cave's extensive labyrinth of naturally formed passages first ...

An explorer of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky who died 100 years ago is credited with the creation of the national park. A national park in Kentucky has the longest known cave system in the ...

So, explorers, pack those walking boots. Mammoth Cave, one of America’s greatest natural wonders, is beckoning you for that next big family adventure. “Mammoth Cave played an important role at ...

Mammoth Cave National Park is trying to lure tourists by quoting testimonials from some of the more than 550,000 visitors who check out the world’s longest cave system in Kentucky each year.