June 5 wrapped up an eight-night event which drew people from all over the world to see the mating display of a special ...

Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The ...

Thousands of people enter a lottery each year. Not for $1 million, but for a brief chance see fireflies mate at night. What’s ...

In early April, a U.S. Forest Service office in East Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest issued a memo inviting the public ...

Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

Western NC offers a variety of budget-friendly family water activities this summer: Hiking to waterfalls, visiting splash ...

Tens of thousands of large bugs have descended on Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North ... then deciduous tree roots,” Lake County Forest Preserves reports.

And Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to one of those ... creating a light show throughout the forest. “One theory suggests that males flash in unison to elicit a call-and-response ...

Brood XIV cicadas have emerged from the ground in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and will greet ... then deciduous tree roots,” Lake County Forest Preserves reports.