Loper Endowed Professor of Geological Sciences Hazel Barton presented some of the details and findings from her exploration ...

NOVA: Are these cave extremophiles completely outside of the carbon-based system found on the surface? Northup: The ones in Lechuguilla are mainly but not totally outside the surface world.

The park contains over 85 known caves. This includes Lechuguilla Cave, the nation's deepest limestone cave at 1,567 feet (478m) and third longest . Life in the park includes approximately 750 ...

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 ...