About 340 million years ago, the Appalachian Mountains were as tall as the Himalayas and spanned across what is today three continents.

The Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee are the tallest mountains in the Appalachian chain, hosting the world's greatest diversity of plant, animal, and insect life of any region in a ...

Photo by Nikki Chester In the Appalachian Mountains, stretching from West ... Her Scottish and Irish ancestors immigrated to North America in the 1800s and, upon facing an inhospitable winter ...

The Carolina Mountain ... along the Appalachian Trail and the French Broad River in the town of Hot Springs. David Huff, Carolina Mountain Club Some recovery work in the North Carolina mountains ...

When Hurricane HELENE hit Florida’s Big Bend on September 26th it was hard to imagine that it would wreak the most devastation over 400 miles north in the Appalachian mountains. Officials report ...