South Dakota’s Wind Cave is the first national park to protect a cave—and it’s one of America’s oldest. The southwest corner of South Dakota is home to several of the state’s biggest hits, making for ...

Hundreds of feet beneath the Black Hills, a team of scientists and researchers snake through dark, narrow and silent corridors of ancient rock to reach their goal: what is thought to be some of the ...

WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK – When New York City resident Don Frankfort received a telegram from Wind Cave National Park in 1967 offering him a summer job, he never realized it was a life-changing event.

The basics: The maze of passages known as Wind Cave stretches deep beneath rolling prairie in western South Dakota. The expansive cave, a focal point of this park, holds geological wonders. Among them ...

Earth not only does not support diverse ecosystems, but it also has places that serve as analogs for other celestial worlds in our solar system. Astrobiologist Joshua Sebree of the University of ...

Beneath the United States lies a surprising network of caves shaped over millions of years. Some feel almost otherworldly, with strange rock formations and the occasional glow from naturally occurring ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota’s six national parks or memorials generated $600 million in visitor spending in 2023, according to the National Park Service. The 2023 National Park Service ...

“Have given up the idea of finding the end of Wind Cave.” — Veteran cave explorer Alvin McDonald, 1891 "Beyond Union College we ducked under a ledge that was completely coated with frostwork. What a ...