Roads and trails may remain open during the government shutdown, but many visitor services are expected to temporarily cease.

Nationally, visitors spent $29 billion in communities near national parks with lodging and restaurants receiving the greatest ...

Since 2014, when Meachen and other scientists got the green light to excavate Natural Trap Cave in the Bighorn Basin, they’ve unearthed the bones of prehistoric mammals, including the American cheetah ...

Kentucky is home to the world's longest-known cave system. More than 500,000 people visit Mammoth Cave National Park each year-but humans aren't the only ones said to enter its depths. Visitors and ...

A monumental new body of work by Chicago-based artist Nick Cave will make its world premiere at the Smithsonian American Art ...

Earth’s ancient sea creatures. Two new species, Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum, were found as part of the park’s Paleontological Resources Inventory, giving insight into what existed ...

Five years after the Great American Outdoors Act became law, its effects continue to shape the visitor experience at Mammoth Cave National Park — above and below ground. The act was signed on Aug. 4, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It grew to less than a foot in length and likely feasted on mollusks and worms. A new species of ancient shark has been discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, officials said. Named ...