To the world’s disappointment, Collins died before he was freed — but 100 years later, park rangers at Mammoth Cave and even living relatives of Collins hope to focus on the good that emerged ...

NPCA shares the latest archaeological discovery at Mammoth Cave National Park, which has a pretty fascinating human history, too.

The Mammoth Cave rock formation the shark fossil was found inside dates back approximately 340 million years, the park said.The rocks consist of limestones and shales which formed on the bottom of ...

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 surface of Mammoth Cave National Park encompasses about 80 ... The tours are hikes inside the Earth; uphill stretches can be hard going for some visitors. Few seem frightened; people terrified ...

Researchers have discovered a new-to-science species of ancient shark during an ongoing paleontological resource inventory at Mammoth Cave National Park. The new species of obruchevodid petalodont ...

The new species was identified by researches through fossil teeth collected from deep inside the Ste. Genevieve Formation within Mammoth Cave. “The fossil discoveries in Mammoth Cave continue to ...

A jungle inside a cave ... they had discovered the largest cave in the world—and they might be right. There are longer caves than Hang Son Doong—the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky, with ...