Wind Cave National Park may not be the only national park with a cool cave, but that doesn’t make it any less special. “I think the caves are a little bit like people,” said Tom Farrell, chief of ...

Wind Cave, part of Wind Cave National Park. (Courtesy of National Park Service) HOT SPRINGS — Wind Cave in South Dakota’s Black Hills is now the sixth longest cave in the world as explorers have ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The National Park Service is beginning to excavate the mouth of an unexplored cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and researchers believe it could help broaden our ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Staying in the dark brought to light new areas of Wind Cave. An additional 167 miles were just explored at Wind Cave, making it the sixth-largest cave system in the world, ...

A section of South Dakota’s Wind Cave seen under normal white light (left image) transforms into something otherworldly when placed under UV light (right image). SAN DIEGO, March 25, 2025 — Deep below ...