The four-state mountain region that includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to an estimated 14,500 black bears, but one particular animal had caught the attention of a watchful police ...

The four-state mountain region that includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to an estimated 14,500 black bears, ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranked second overall, but it is the top park in the nation to see amphibians, slugs & snails and spiders & scorpions, according to Kühl. The Smokies are home ...

Two baby black bears were having a playful furry fight in front of a Gatlinburg, Tennessee, home on April 6. The cub siblings ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is urging visitor to be "Bear Aware" as black bears begin coming out of hibernation and looking for food. Fmr. DoD official explains why the Signal group ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranked as No ... If you're in Gatlinburg with the hope of seeing an iconic black bear, the park ranked No. 3 in animal sightings for mammals.

If you’ve been searching for a weekend getaway that’s a quaint step back in time while immersing yourself into the local ...

At my home near the border of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, I see migrating and breeding birds, wild turkeys ...

But not everyone shares my enthusiasm for elongated, limbless reptiles. In Great Smoky Mountains National Park, “visitors are afraid of venomous snakes” according to Bill Stiver, the park’s ...

There are also several golf courses close by, and don't miss the Shadow of the Bear that shows up across ... the nearby town of Black Mountain is also a worthy stop that highlights arts and ...