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 ...

If you’re traveling to Kentucky with kids, you’ll have no shortage of fun things to do. From natural wonders to amusement ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Crews are busy at Mammoth Cave National Park and Kentucky State Parks after the winter storms swept through the state over the weekend and into the week. Hikers should be ...

The entrance to the cave looks sterilized — a stainless steel door that wouldn’t seem out of place in a hospital looks wholly foreign out here in Mammoth Cave National Park. Yet our cave guide that ...

A rare bite into the past. The fossilized tooth of a newly discovered ancient shark species – dating back about 340 million years – has been unearthed in the world’s largest cave system, officials ...

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 ...

Mammoth Cave National Park may be getting more mammoth. A bill to expand the park boundaries by more than 500 acres was introduced in Congress last week. The Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary ...