Now, more than 400 miles of pathways have been discovered beneath the hilly woodlands of Kentucky's Barren ... wealthy landowner Nahum Ward's 1815 cave map, which included a description of ...

Morrison was in a great spot to lure travelers to his “Mammoth Cave” All of this was all part of the larger Kentucky Cave Wars that had engulfed the region. Despite Morrison’s good fortune ...

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,” is a new ...

Under a swath of Kentucky hills and hollows is a limestone labyrinth that became the heartland of a national park. The surface of Mammoth Cave National Park encompasses about 80 square miles.

A national park in Kentucky has the longest known cave system in the world. This week, Floyd Collins is being remembered there. He was an explorer whose death a century ago became an international ...