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 ...

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 ...

Trudging through the dark with a dim lantern, a remarkable black man named Stephen Bishop tirelessly explored the world's ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The longest cave system in the world underneath Kentucky was selected as one of the most underrated destinations in the South by a national magazine. Southern Living listed ...

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 ...

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 ...

CAVE CITY, Ky. (WDKY) — Researchers discovered a new shark species in a layer of rock at Mammoth Cave National Park. On Wednesday, the park announced the petal-toothed shark was found inside the Ste.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Mammoth Cave National Park took to Facebook over the weekend to poke fun at an unnamed study listing it among the "most disappointing U.S. tourist attractions." The study ...

MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — A new-to-science species of ancient shark was recently discovered in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. The Macadens olsoni is known for its unique tooth whorl, a curved row ...