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.

Carlsbad Caverns is reminding visitors to "leave no trace" when they visit the national park in New Mexico after a social media post of a chip bag prompted warnings about the environmental impact ...

The largest accessible cave in the world is hidden below the Guadalupe Mountains in New Mexico, near the Texas border, where you can witness geological wonders.

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 ...

DETROW: That's Robert Melnick. He's a professor emeritus at the University of Oregon, and for the last few years, he's been studying the cultural landscape of Carlsbad Caverns.

A parkgoer at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico recently dropped a bag full of Cheetos at the caverns. That one bag of the dusty orange snack made a “huge impact” on the cave’s ...

Carlsbad Caverns National Park will reduce its timed, self-guided tours starting Sunday, March 23, staff confirmed. A park representative said on the phone that the self-guided tour will no longer ...

In a Facebook post, the Carlsbad Caverns National Park posted an image of a full bag of Cheetos that was discarded inside the Big Room area of the cave system. "Great or small, we all leave an ...

Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern New Mexico is home to 119 known caves, including North America's largest cave chamber, the Big Room. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025 / 07:25 AM MDT Updated: Jun 3, 2025 / 11:58 AM MDT CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) –Guano. If you look into the history of Carlsbad Caverns, you will most likely come across this term.