Park volunteer Tom Harrington enjoys wildflowering and has devoted his retirement to extending that sense of wonder to as ...

LOUDON COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - Smoky Mountain Service Dogs is finding a fun way to raise money and spread their mission to the ...

Dollywood Dreamer-in-Chief walked down memory lane to commemorate the popular theme park’s May 3, 1986, opening ...

The crew left their base from McGhee Tyson Airport and flew to Derick Knob Shelter to help a hiker who had been injured.

The insects you encounter in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are really an essential part of the park. Jim and Leslie ...

NPCA works to preserve landscapes and wildlife in the East’s last fully connected wilderness with its Safe Passage ...

The National Park Service will start taking applications May 2 to enter the lottery for a pass to see synchronous fireflies' ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host its annual synchronous firefly viewing opportunity at Elkmont from May 29-June ...

The lottery applications open Friday, May 2 at 10 a.m. EST and close on Monday, May 5 at 11:59 p.m. EST. All lottery ...

If you're hiking in the Smokies this season, keep an eye (and an ear) out for snakes, particularly these venomous ones.

The National Park Service has announced the 2025 dates for the synchronous firefly viewing opportunity in the Great Smoky ...

The Great Smoky Mountains' synchronous fireflies event offers limited viewing through a lottery system opening on May 2, with ...