Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Sometimes the greatest discoveries are actually rediscoveries. In Canada, for example, researchers revealed North America’s most northeasterly woolly mammoth find after taking a second look at a ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown shuttered Mammoth Cave National Park's guided cave tours in October, but there is still a way to make a trip out of the popular tourist destination in ...

HORSE CAVE, Ky. — The impact of the government shutdown, now in its 19th day, stretches far beyond Washington. As the U.S. Senate remains in a stalemate, there are federal workers who are furloughed ...

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 ...

With Mammoth Cave National Park closed by the government shutdown, nearby attractions in Cave City are seeing more visitors and hoping for a deal soon. Urgent warning issued as Great Lake water levels ...

MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — Kentucky's only national park is the site of the world's largest cave system, which attracts hundreds of thousands underground every year. That's why October is typically a busy ...

Despite the federal government shutdown, most national parks have been ordered to keep their gates open with bare-bones staffing and limited visitor services. Park roads, lookouts, trails and open-air ...

Two new species of shark have been discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.The new species, Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum, were discovered through the ongoing ...

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 ...

Hidden River Cave was once filled with heavy metals and sewage that made the surrounding town smell awful. After a cleanup, it became a tourist draw. The entrance to Hidden River Cave lies just off ...

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 ...