A look at the under-the-radar Big South Fork recreation region, an Appalachian region drawing more outdoor visitors and some ...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! became Ripley's Bear-lieve It or Not! on Nov. 21 after a black bear was spotted on a Gatlinburg ...

Rangers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park safely rescued a young black bear using a backhoe and teamwork after it became ...

Guests at a Days Inn in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, were stunned when a black bear nonchalantly foraged for food in the lobby.

While the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant employees were busy barbecuing, boiling, broiling and baking shrimp, wildlife officials were on the roof of the establishment trying to safely tranquilize and ...

A young black bear was rescued from a steep bank in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in October after onlookers formed a ...

The 'Parkour Bear' roamed atop buildings in the middle of downtown Gatlinburg overnight. Crews were able to safely get him ...

The 'Parkour Bear' roamed atop buildings in the middle of downtown Gatlinburg overnight. Crews were able to safely get him ...

A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front ...

Is Cades Cove open now? What about Sugarlands Visitor Center? Do you need a parking tag to visit the country’s most-visited national park? Visitors have lots of questions surrounding Great Smoky ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will remain open through the holidays despite the ongoing federal government shutdown, but visitors should expect reduced staffing and only basic services, Friends ...