Inside the gaping mouth of Mammoth Cave, hibernating bats sleep in permanent twilight, each huddled in its own limestone crevice. Every fall, these big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) squeeze their ...

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Schroers said the cave system could not keep up with the amount of rainfall the area received, which caused a quick backup ...

Even animals from the Cenozoic Era — such as an extinct armadillo, a mastodon, a sabre-toothed cat, and an extinct vampire ...

Bats aren't exactly the most popular of the ... For example, Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park offers adventures both ...