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Staff at Carlsbad Caverns National Park are faced with an unusual challenge if a staircase collapses or a trail must be repaved hundreds of feet underground. They must make needed repairs and ...

In the 2012 sci-fi film Prometheus, scientists release small drones into a mysterious tunnel complex to create a detailed 3D map of the caverns in minutes. Australian researchers plan to use a similar ...

A park ranger gives the Obama family a tour of Carlsbad Caverns National Park in 2016. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images Several years before Carlsbad Caverns was established as a National Park in ...

Deep under New Mexico is one of the most stunning and beautiful national parks. Carlsbad Caverns, under the Guadalupe Mountains near the border of Texas, is an otherworldly complex of caves and ...

62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park in one year. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in ...

The Mitchell Caverns are not as large as those at Carlsbad, New Mexico, or as well known — but are local, every bit as dramatic, and come complete with a history made for movies. I had no idea what to ...

The National Park Service is creating a digital map of Carlsbad Caverns National Park to help with repairs and maintenance projects. The agency is using light detection and ranging equipment to ...