In October, Bridge Day offers rappelling and tandem BASE jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge. Mountain bikers can hit the rugged Arrowhead Trails or coast along train trestles on Rend Trail. For ...

To address this mounting human safety and wildlife conservation crisis, roughly 20 groups and agencies (including NPCA and Great Smoky Mountains Association, the park’s educational partner), formed ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it would consider protecting the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander under the Endangered Species Act. The agency now has 12 ...

An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough for ...

BAT CAVE, N.C.— Conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect Hickory Nut Gorge green salamanders under the Endangered Species Act. These green-splotched ...