Category: Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park protects one of the most extraordinary underground landscapes in the world. Beneath the rugged Chihuahuan Desert of southeastern New Mexico lies a vast network of limestone caves containing enormous chambers, bottomless-looking pits, delicate stalactites, massive stalagmites, flowstone, gypsum deposits, cave pearls, columns, draperies, and formations that have been growing for hundreds …

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The Animals that Call Carlsbad Caverns Home

Carlsbad Caverns National Park may be best known for enormous underground chambers, delicate cave formations, and the seemingly endless darkness beneath the Chihuahuan Desert, but the park is also home to a remarkably diverse collection of animals. Some spend nearly their entire lives above ground among desert grasses, agaves, rocky canyons, and springs. Others use …

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