Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico is home to one of the most impressive cave systems in the world. Below you ...

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 ...

Bats of Carlsbad Caverns The bats found here are Mexican Freetail Bats. These winged crusaders are insect eaters that clear the night of pesky bugs.

Carlsbad Caverns’ legacy of guano mining revealed by mission Guano was once mined by the ton at Carlsbad Caverns. It’s estimated up to half a million bats call the iconic cave system home.

One of the attendees to watch the bat flight was Tobias Domabyl of Germany. The 25-year-old said he visited the Carlsbad Caverns a decade ago, but wanted to return as an adult.

Carlsbad Caverns, which offers an elevator and a Big Room, is an excellent option for those new to cave tours. It is one of the top things to do at Carlsbad, NM.

Photographers who flew in the face of a no-flash rule have prompted a total ban on picture-taking as Carlsbad Caverns' famous bats emerge each evening.

How a discarded bag of Cheetos is threatening a cave’s delicate ecosystem, home to bats and insects Staff at Caverns National Park in New Mexico scorned the unknown visitor and warned how the ...

Is Carlsbad Caverns the biggest cave in the US? The Big Room is the largest single cave chamber by volume in North America, but Carlsbad Cavern is not the biggest cave.

The Caverns are also host to thousands of bats, Veni said, which support the agriculture industry by reducing the use of pesticides, saving the industry up to $23 billion a year and lessening the ...

Guano mining continued within the Bat Cave of Carlsbad Caverns until 1923, when the cave became a National Monument.

Guano was once mined from Carlsbad Caverns in the early 20th Century, used as a popular fertilizer high in soil-enriching nitrates.