Cave tour operations at Mammoth Cave National Park are closed, according to an alert on the National Park Service website. Other areas within the park “remain as accessible as possible,” the website ...

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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 ...

National Park Service sites in Kentucky appear to be operating without several services normally offered to visitors after a federal government shutdown began Oct. 1. While roadways and trails ...

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,” ...

Mammoth Cave National Park may be getting more mammoth. A bill to expand the park boundaries by more than 500 acres was introduced in Congress last week. The Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - One of the main features of Southcentral Kentucky is Mammoth Cave National Park, which was affected by area flooding during last week’s historic storm. “This is just a ...

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 ...

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 ...