Many of the world’s most iconic caves—Carlsbad Caverns and Lechuguilla in New Mexico ... says that whenever human remains are found inside a lava tube, they render the entire cave system ...

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

Among them, the pristine Lechuguilla Cave and the famed Carlsbad Cavern, home to one of North America's largest underground chambers. But there's more to this subterranean world than gigantic ...

I have a colleague, Larry Mallory, who works in Lechuguilla Cave and elsewhere ... acid and live in an environment that's just like the inside of your car battery. "Extremophile" is a very ...