MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — During a late January tour of Mammoth Cave, the guide clapped his hands, and the already dim lights went out. He had brought our group to a stop in a flat area – like a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. (WBKO) - The opening of Mammoth Cave National Park’s visitor center and cave tours is delayed due to winter weather’s potential impact on park roadways. Park officials say ...

Mammoth Cave is a treasure trove for ancient fish fossils, with more than 70 different species identified within its walls, according to a 2024 study published in the journal Parks Stewardship Forum.

The surface of Mammoth Cave National Park encompasses about 80 square miles. No one knows how big the underside is. More than 365 miles of the five-level cave system have been mapped, and new ...

Another new species of ancient shark has been discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park.According to a post from the park, an ongoing Paleontological Resource Inventory discovered the new species ...

It may come as a surprise that the subterranean world of Mammoth Cave is not immune to the impacts of air pollution. Airborne contaminants can find their way into the cave passages, affecting delicate ...

Credit: NPS Illustration / Benji Paysnoe Researchers collecting fossils deep inside Kentucky's Mammoth Cave have uncovered the remains of a never-before-seen species — an absolutely tiny ancient ...

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 ...

We’ve now got a slightly clearer picture thanks to the discovery of a small but mighty ancient shark species found fossilized in the depths of the world’s longest cave system, Mammoth Cave.