Carlsbad Caverns is home to some of the most spectacular examples ... destroying the fragile ecosystem and threatening the safety of people inside the cave.” Make a tax-deductible gift today to ...

1883 - The first Anglo to see Carlsbad Cavern is unknown, but in 1883 a 12 year old boy was lowered into the cave by his father. 1898 - Jim White first entered the caverns. White was a cowboy who ...

Southwest Texas is the location of some pretty amazing parks, and I had the opportunity to visit two of them: Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Guadalupe Mountains National Park in ...

Carlsbad Caverns National Park will be implementing ... Smoking is prohibited, except inside personal vehicles. Open flames and cooking stoves are prohibited in the backcountry.

At least 17 bat species call Carlsbad Caverns home, along with 55 different kinds of reptiles and 600 insects.

We lay 1,200 feet, more or less, beneath the desert, down countless rope pitches and miles of tortuous passage from the single entrance to Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns ...

A 35-year study of cave swallows at Carlsbad Caverns has solved some abiding mysteries about ... He was looking for volunteers to help band cave swallows inside the park’s namesake cavern for a ...