Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Almost half a million bats dwell at the Carlsbad Caverns. Some call the iconic underground caves their permanent home, while other ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — The half a million bats that call Carlsbad Caverns National Park home could face the threat of the deadly white nose syndrome. Federal agencies have mobilized in recent weeks to ...

New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a limestone show cave with the fifth-largest chamber in North America. Its Big Room is 4,000 feet long (1200 m) and 255 feet tall (78 m). The cave can be ...