The Volunteer State boasts major river access to the Tennessee, Cumberland and, Mississippi rivers; it has numerous lakes for recreation and, of course, the Appalachian mountains anchoring the ...

The park sits nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Plateau, which is a fancy way of saying it ... The surrounding hills create a natural amphitheater, amplifying the sounds of nature – birds ...

The park is nestled within the undulating terrain of the Appalachian Plateau, creating a landscape that feels both ... and gone before you know it if you don’t pay attention. Birders (that’s bird ...

A study published in the journal PLOS One reveals that combining bird observation data with land cover information provides ...

Each year, birds set out on their annual spring migration, traveling to their summer feeding grounds. This time of year is when local birds that went south for the winter return, or when birds ...

Morel mushrooms are a rare find, often located near specific trees like apple, tulip poplar, and striped maple. They thrive in moist, but not saturated, soil at higher elevations, typically ...

The U.S. Postal Service will unveil a new Appalachian Trail Forever Stamp on Friday, April 25. According to a community announcement, the dedication will take place at 11 a.m. at Washington ...

Local high school seniors and college students interested in studying wildlife conservation and forestry are eligible to apply for one of the Appalachian Habitat Association scholarships being ...

The amazing thing about filming penguins in the wild, “Secrets of the Penguins” cinematographer Bertie Gregory tells Variety, is that since the big birds don’t have land-based predators ...

"If you go to a grassland in the Chicago area—if it's big enough—you're going to see those birds," said Chicago Bird Alliance President Judy Pollock. "The whole area used to look like that ...