The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to one of the largest black bear populations in the Eastern United States. With over 1,500 bears living in the park, it presents excellent opportunities ...

Here’s what visitors should be prepared for as the National Park Service burns 1,400 acres of Cades Cove - and why the park ...

Funding cuts at the national level will have a direct impact on the Great Smoky Mountains, said Jeff Hunter with the National Parks Conservation Association.

In a two-year research project starting this summer, Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... and not just in the park.” New research technique could benefit wildlife agencies and hellbenders ...

An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than two decades was found dead on the North Carolina side of the range nearly a week after going missing.

Visitors and students planning to visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the coming months may face unprecedented ...

Planned controlled burn operations are expected to occur in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, closing some ... foraging opportunities for wildlife. The burnt landscape ...