After the saltpeter mining stopped, Mammoth Cave became famous with the release of businessman and wealthy landowner Nahum Ward's 1815 cave map ... in the caves is the Kentucky cave shrimp ...

Morrison was in a great spot to lure travelers to his “Mammoth Cave” All of this was all part of the larger Kentucky Cave Wars that had engulfed the region. Despite Morrison’s good fortune ...

Under a swath of Kentucky hills and hollows is a limestone labyrinth that became the heartland of a national park. The surface of Mammoth Cave National Park encompasses about 80 square miles.

A tiny shark species dating back hundreds of millions of years has been identified at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, ...