The Big Room in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, pictured on April 8, 2021, is the largest cave chamber in all of North America. Lights and a guided or audio-recording tour can guide the way through ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) — The Carlsbad Caverns are a New Mexico gem located in the Guadalupe Mountains. It’s one of over 300 limestone caves, with a fossil reef stemming from approximately 265 million ...

What makes Carlsbad Caverns so special? From its underground world to nearby adventures, discover six reasons travelers keep coming back.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Carlsbad Caverns National Park has enthralled visitors with its network of 119 limestone caves tunneling beneath New Mexico's Chihuahuan ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) –Guano. If you look into the history of Carlsbad Caverns, you will most likely come across this term. In fact, some of the early visitors to the large underground cave system ...

When a recent visitor to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico dropped a bag of Cheetos inside one of the caves, losing a snack was probably an inconvenience. But to the tiny microorganisms who ...

Robert Melnick, professor emeritus at the University of Oregon, discusses the consequences of leaving a bag of Cheetos at Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. The Cheetos slogan, dangerously cheesy, took ...

Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico describe it as a “world-changing” event for the tiny microbes and insects that call this specialized subterranean environment home. The ...

Reforms to the federal government’s policies for oil and gas operations on public land could have a unique impact on an icon of southeast New Mexico in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The park, a ...

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is known for its caves, but there’s a lot more to the national park, which celebrates its centennial this year. “The combination of the desert ecosystem, being so kind ...

A bag of Cheetos gets dropped and left on the floor. Seems inconsequential, right?Hardly.Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico describe it as a “world-changing” event for ...