National parks. It seems post-COVID, we can't get enough of the outdoors and the natural beauty of America. Kentucky boasts one national park (Mammoth Cave) and two national historical parks (Abraham ...

Hidden River Cave in Horse Cave was closed to the public for decades until a local effort to clean it out began.

A new species of shark was discovered in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park.The ancient shark is called a "Macadens Olsoni."Experts say it had a distinct curved row of teeth, used to crush small ...

When the Bluegrass State comes to mind, so does the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Fried Chicken — but why not the countless scenic attractions the state has to offer? Home to the world's largest cave ...

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The air is cool and damp. The light shining from behind is low and tinted, while a park ranger's hand hovers over a button. Then, a switch clicks. Light floods a chasm in the stone, a chamber called ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. (WDKY) — Two “new to ...

Experts say it had a distinct curved row of teeth, used to crush small sea creatures. The fossils found are estimated to be 355 million years old, back when Mammoth Cave was nothing but warm shallow ...

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,” ...