A black bear was found dead near a platter of pancakes on a highway bordering the Great Smoky Mountains, rescuers said. According to an Oct. 2 Facebook post by the Appalachian Bear Rescue ...

On Sunday evening, two hikers were enjoying a hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park when an aggressive black bear began ...

At the end of 2024, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres on the eastern edge of Great Smoky ...

Back in the late 1880s, two remarkable men, Wilbur Zeigler and Ben Grosscup, visited Western North Carolina for the express purpose of developing a comprehensive profile of the region’s resources. ...

American black bear cub in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Let someone else navigate and drive while you join a Pink Jeep Tour, leaders in guided excursions in east Tennessee.

We captured 11 bears in residential and industrial areas where nuisance bear activity was reported ... Correlates of success for on-site releases of nuisance black bears in Great Smoky Mountains ...