MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. – Parts of Kentucky have recently suffered historic flooding, causing some damage at Mammoth Cave National Park. Among the impacts from the severe storms, the Green River ferry ...

Explore Mammoth Cave National Park to encounter the diversity of wildlife that live in its forests, streams, lakes, and caves ...

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

In light of these challenges, Friends of Mammoth Cave is making an appeal for public support. They stress that even modest ...

Mammoth Cave, the world's longest known cave system, stretches 426 miles under Kentucky. The cave's limestone began forming 330 million years ago when the region was submerged under an ocean. Visitors ...

Though cave tours at the Mammoth Cave National Park have been suspended, visitors can still access campgrounds and trails.

In our Uniquely Kentucky stories, Herald-Leader journalists bring you the quirky and cool, historic and infamous, beloved and unforgettable, and everything-in-between stories of what makes our ...

He asked one family for permission to explore a cramped passage that became known as Sand Cave less than a mile from the road to Mammoth Cave, offering the owners a partnership if it proved a viable ...

Film industry pioneer Madame Sul-Te-Wan, General Burnside Island State Resort Park, and more. Researchers have uncovered the fossilized teeth of ancient shark species at Mammoth Cave; Madame ...

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 ...

Beneath the surface of an otherwise unassuming National Park, a labyrinth showcases hundreds of millions of years of geologic history. Each shade of tan layered on the walls represents a different era ...