Dozens of women and teenagers from across the Volunteer State are vying for the titles of Miss Tennessee and Miss Tennessee’s Teen this week, but this year’s event also serves as a ...

In Gatlinburg, Tennessee you can still see the eerie remains of Fun Mountain. These photos show what it looks like when ...

After expanding primarily through acquisitions for most of its history, the 86-unit Kentucky-Virginia-Tennessee ... floor up. "Gatlinburg is surrounded by a national park and a forest, and ...

For the species of old-growth forests, the situation is worse. "Forest habitats are modified widely in order to enhance wood production, which homogenizes and degrades them," Nirhamo says.

The Chapel in the Pines within Hartwick Pines State Park has been a longtime delight for hikers as they weave through the ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. After spending more than two years drafting a plan to manage and protect ...

Forest biodiversity in boreal Europe: Species richness and turnover among old-growth forests, managed forests and clearcut sites. Biological Conservation , 2025; 306: 111147 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon ...

Volunteer Paula Dresden, preserve steward, leads a guided hike at the Arcadia Dunes: C.S. Mott Nature Preserve on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Much of the nature preserve was inducted into the nationwide ...

Despite being hundreds of miles from the ocean, East Tennessee is actually home to two of the best aquariums in the country. Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg and Tennessee Aquarium ...

It all adds up to a longer growing season in Trelease Woods, a centuries-old forest near the University of Illinois.