Dates to view the synchronous fireflies show in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been announced. Here’s how to try to ...

If you're hiking in the Smokies this season, keep an eye (and an ear) out for snakes, particularly these venomous ones.

The highly competitive lottery for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's annual synchronous firefly viewing event will ...

This article has been updated to include information on peak viewing dates to see the synchronous fireflies near Elkmont Campground in 2025. The synchronous fireflies will arrive right on ...

Each year, the park hosts an event at Elkmont featuring thousands of Photinus carolinus, a firefly species known for its ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the crown jewel of the Southern Appalachians, an ancient landscape teeming with life — ...

The firefly species Photinus carolinus flashes sequentially in late May or early June every year, and hundreds of people travel to watch.

The Great Smoky Mountains' synchronous fireflies event offers limited viewing through a lottery system opening on May 2, with ...

The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with Friends of the Smokies, is about to begin a multi-year rehabilitation of the iconic Bullhead Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

National Park Week is no exception. The Great Smoky Mountains were voted most popular place to visit during National Park Week in a recent Gunther Volvo Coconut Creek poll.

One coalition called Safe Passage is on a mission to provide bears safe travel and educate drivers on the role they play in making that happen.

The Great Smoky Mountain National Park ranks as most popular in the U.S. in a recent poll. National Park Week runs from Saturday, April 19 through Sunday, April 27. National Park Week is no exception.