National Park Service officials got a little snarky with their serious message after crews rushed to stop the impact of a bag of Cheetos that was left inside Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.

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 New Mexico park says that a discarded snack bag may seem trivial but the impact to the ecosystem can be huge, urging ...

Seems inconsequential, right?Hardly.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 ...

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 ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Carlsbad Caverns reminded visitors to "leave no trace" when they visit the national park in New Mexico. The reminder comes after a post on social media showed a ...

Lechuguilla Cave at Carlsbad Caverns is the deepest limestone cave in the country, and the fifth-longest known cave in the world. Read more about Oil and Gas Development Delayed Near Carlsbad Caverns ...

Active drilling rigs in New Mexico. More than Wyoming, North Dakota and Utah combined. Most are located in Eddy County, home of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Carlsbad Caverns is home to some of the ...

After an ignorant visitor left a bag of Cheetos deep inside Carlsbad Caverns, the National Park Service (NPS) issued a serious warning. They noted that not only does such trash and plastic ...

Plus, Carlsbad Caverns has the Bat Flight program, which is unique. While Mammoth Cave has more than a dozen types of bats ...