Floyd Collins entered Sand Cave a century ago today to explore its prospects as a visitor site and became trapped in a passageway not much wider than his chest, dislodging a 27-pound rock that pinned ...

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.

When Floyd Collins ventured into Sand Cave in Kentucky on Jan. 30, 1925, he was searching for the next big attraction. But he ...

Among the cave-centric park units within the National Park System, Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky stands out. Not ...

Kentucky. To this day, explorers have yet to find an end to it, despite mapping more than 400 miles of passageways. Mammoth Cave is home to a variety of animals known as troglobites — wildlife species ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Mammoth Cave National Park has planned ... were African Americans and they helped explore the cave and map it and develop it into a renowned tourist destination.” ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - 100 years ago, Mammoth Cave became home to one of the hottest stories of the time. The story of Floyd Collins made national headlines after he became trapped under a ...

Our experts and advocates also continue urging EPA to strengthen clean air standards to protect the ecological integrity of parks like Mammoth Cave, both on the surface and in underground realms of ...