Two Tucson cave explorers — Gary Tenen and the late Randy Tufts — discovered majestic Kartchner Caverns southwest of Benson in 1974. Then, fearing that the cave's fragile limestone formations ...

Kartchner Caverns now attracts 180,000 visitors a year, with many lining up each day at 4 a.m. to buy tickets. Tufts had long worked in community development, but in the mid-1980s he took a 14 ...

The Big Room also hosts about 1,500 bats each summer, who use Kartchner Caverns as a maternity ward. The Big Room closes from mid-April to mid-October. Also discovered in this cave, the remains of ...

Kartchner Caverns State Park. ... The cave was discovered in 1974 by Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts, who kept it a secret until they could learn more about the people who owned the property.

A break-in Sunday night at Kartchner Caverns State Park did not appear to have caused significant damage to the cave's fragile environment, a state parks spokeswoman said Tuesday night.

Arizona State Parks celebrate 10 years of Kartchner Caverns tours. Nov 15, 2013, 8:30 AM | Updated: Nov 18, 2013, 1:30 pm. Share . BY AMY GLEICH/CRONKITE NEWS SERVICE. KTAR.com. BENSON ...

Rare sighting: Kartchner Caverns' staff find mineral that's rare for their caves "The 'cotton' material is roughly about a couple centimeters, and the mounds of dirt themselves are only about an ...