It was about 10:30 pm, the darkness so inky you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. The leafy boughs of late-spring ...

The land is also within the Great Smoky Mountains Audubon Important Bird ... known for a stunning range of salamanders, synchronous fireflies and reintroduced elk, among the estimated 100,000 ...

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres in Haywood County to conserve land for wildlife, clean water and scenic views.

From blue-light fireflies to synchronous light shows, these are the best places in Appalachia to see fireflies each summer.

The land is also within the Great Smoky Mountains Audubon Important Bird Area and Priority ... and is well known for its stunning range of salamanders, synchronous fireflies and reintroduced elk, ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park ... For those interested in seeing synchronous fireflies, you’ll want to have Cherokee National Forest on your radar.

The cuts targeted federal employees across all departments with “probationary status” because they have been hired in the past year. Probationary workers are easier to fire because they lack the ...

Were any Great Smoky Mountains National Park staffers among the thousands of federal workers terminated late last week? A spokesperson for the park declined to share how many, if any, staffers ...

Occasional snow showers continuing throughout Feb. 20 potentially added an additional 1 to 3 inches of snow in the most-eastern parts of East Tennessee, according to the National Weather Service.