You've heard "leave no trace" when hiking—here’s the science behind why it’s crucial to leave wild environments the way you found them.

Staff at Carlsbad shared that a visitor left behind a bag of Cheetos in the Big Room- the largest single cave chamber by ...

Rangers recently found a bag of Cheetos (still full of food) dropped off the trail in the Big Room, which is the largest ...

According to Parsons, the low temperatures and high humidity inside the caverns mean food and trash can decompose and mold quickly. In turn, the insects that call the area home -- cave crickets, cave ...

Disclaimer: I consider littering to be the worst of the petty crimes. It's easy to commit and does nothing to benefit the ...

Some litter at a national park may seem inconsequential, but for the fragile ecosystem in the caverns, it's a major ...

Recently, a careless visitor to Carlsbad National Park dropped a Cheetos bag in a cavern leading to ‘world-changing’ impact ...

Robert Melnick, professor emeritus at the University of Oregon, discusses the consequences of leaving a bag of Cheetos at Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.

The Cheetos' processed corn was softened by the humidity of the cave and "formed the perfect environment" to welcome and host ...

"At the scale of human perspective, a spilled snack bag may seem trivial, but to the life of the cave it can be world ...