Visitors soaking in the Tennessee scenery got more than they bargained for when an iconic Smoky Mountain resident made an ...

Elk are one massive animal and a favorite in the hunting community. Widely renowned as the best wild game to eat out there, they weigh in up to 1,000-pounds with an incredible rack of antlers that can ...

People are understandably pretty smitten with large vertebrates, but insects are ... in terms of their ecological impact, ...

Tucked away in Western North Carolina, Cherokee provides unparalleled access to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With more than 520,000 acres of dense forest and its location near the start of the ...

Our national park system is gorgeous year round, but some park units are made for fall, thanks to their abundance of hardwood forests. The annual changing of the leaves is like nature’s version of ...

At a decades-old psychiatric hospital on the edge of the Tennessee River, an intense storm could submerge the building in 11 feet of water, cutting off all roads around the facility.

With 11,000 species of insects known in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, how do you write a guide to them? Jim and Leslie ...

These national parks offer families the best trails, views, and seasonal experiences to enjoy together in the crisp autumn air.

An Idaho hunter's first-ever elk was a rare and gnarly looking "cactus bull," a condition usually caused by a hormonal ...

In the quiet of the rolling hills and hardwoods of the northeastern Lower Peninsula you may hear a loud, high-pitched screech in the early morning hours. Don’t be alarmed. It’s Michigan’s wild elk ...

Niche ranked the best K-12 schools and districts in Tennessee for 2026. The popular rankings platform uses federal data and parent and student reviews to formulate its annual list. Niche just released ...

“The peak of the rut is almost always around the autumnal equinox, and if you’re interested in looking at animal behaviours ...