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John Day River Basin in Northeastern Oregon is home to many sights and destinations, including John Day Fossil Beds and the Painted Hills. Nicholas Famoso will give a webcast on the geologic and natural history of the basin Wednesday evening.

A program set out to identify Mammoth Park's collection of shark fossils uncovered two new ancient shark species in the massive Kentucky cave.

Two new shark species have been identified through fossilized remains discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park, with the news coming just a handful of months after the park announced another new shark species had been described from fossils there.

A team of researchers recently made an exciting discovery in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park: A new shark species named Strigilodus tollesonae.

The shark was discovered after several small spoon-like teeth were found in a cave wall and ceiling at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.

Scientists discovered fossils of an ancient shark species that looked like stingrays in the largest cave system on Earth. Read more here.

Mammoth Cave National Park officials announced on Wednesday that a new species of ancient shark was identified through fossils discovered in a cave wall and ceiling.

The previously unknown shark, which lived more than 300 million years ago, was identified from fossilized teeth found in Kentuckys Mammoth Cave National Park.

Spoon-sized fossils found within Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky belonged to a previously unknown shark species that swam hundreds of millions of years ago.