Deep within Mammoth Cave, the world’s longest cave system, paleontologists have uncovered the remains of a never-before-seen ...

Mammoth Cave National Park will close Saturday if U.S. lawmakers are unable to avoid a partial government shutdown by Friday night. “If they don’t pass a budget by Friday, Saturday we will be shutting ...

The Chipmunk Shark was believed to have swam along the ocean floor that is said to have covered much of central Kentucky during the Middle Mississippian period, officials claim.

A new-to-science species of ancient shark has been discovered through an ongoing Paleontological Resource Inventory at Mammoth Cave National Park. The new species of obruchevodid petalodont, called ...

This unique shrimp species is endemic to the caves of Kentucky, including Mammoth Cave. It is nearly blind and has adapted to the cave environment over time. Another bat species found in the park, the ...

Biotech company Colossal Biosciences is attempting to genetically engineer living animals to resemble extinct species such as the woolly mammoth. Woolly mammoths, which disappeared roughly 4,000 ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted his administration’s work on a proposed Alaska pipeline, underscoring his push to invigorate a long-stalled $44 billion project to transport natural gas ...

According to the company, the woolly mice were generated by expressing traits crucial for mammoth de-extinction in living mice. They learned these traits by analyzing 59 woolly, Columbian ...

After an intense study of the mammoth's genetic code, scientists have engineered 'woolly' mice with altered fur thickness, color, and texture to recreate the extinct elephant's adaptations to the cold ...

Scientists trying to bring back the woolly mammoth have created a woolly mouse. Colossal Biosciences unveiled plans in 2021 to revive the woolly mammoth - and later the dodo bird - attracting ...

Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth and later the dodo bird. Since then, the company has focused on identifying key traits of extinct ...

It’s one small step for mice, one giant leap for mammoth-kind. Scientists endeavoring to “de-extinct” woolly mammoths through genetic modification have taken a meaningful step toward ...