Great Smoky Mountains National Park conducts 100 to 150 search and rescue missions annually. Wandering off the trail is the most common reason hikers get lost, according to a study. If lost, survival ...

Nearly half of the 22,893 species documented in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are insects. Shortly after becoming the park entomologist in the late 1990s, Becky Nichols got the chance to witness ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park now has a permanent superintendent. After serving as acting superintendent for a little over a year, Charles “Charlie” Sellars has been named to continue leading ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Drivers lined up on Woodmere Avenue in Traverse City as a Great Lakes Central Railroad train with more than 100 cars backed across the street. Railroad employees blocked traffic, and ...

To the uninitiated, it was just an old train parked at 366 E. Stewart St. But to the regulars who braved the unwritten rules and the formidable staff, it was a Twilight Zone episode come to life. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After what the National Park Service is describing as an assault in the Deep Creek area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Great Smoky Mountains National Park shared the progress crews have made on the Laurel Falls Trail on Saturday morning. Crews have been working on the trail since the ...

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK — A search is underway for a poacher in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A deer was reportedly shot with an arrow Monday near Sparks Lane in Cades Cove, ...

A rare case of poaching is being investigated in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where hunting is illegal. The National Park Service reports a deer was poached in Cades Cove, a valley that is ...

The National Park Service is investigating a poaching case after a deer was shot with an arrow in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and investigators are asking anyone who was nearby to help ...