Please, please, please - stop feeding the bears at Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. What may seem to be a kind gesture could result in a mauling, a fine of up to $5,000, or ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a serious warning for visitors: Don't feed the bears. Really. Not only feeding black bears dangerous, it's also illegal. An increase in incidents of people ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff have seen a recent uptick in visitors feeding bears, with three separate incidents in the past week alone, the park announced Aug. 13. After the park received ...

The National Park Service is warning visitors not to feed black bears, saying that giving the animals food could lead to serious consequences for the animal and large fines. "Feeding bears is not only ...

With warmer weather this week, people are making their way to the Smoky Mountains and some are encountering bears. Getting too close can not only put you in danger, it can cost you money. Rangers ...

Fire crews in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are now battling a second wildfire, this one in the Twentymile Area.

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers said they rescued a young black bear using some unconventional methods. It happened back in October on Laurel Creek Road.

It looks like an ordinary photograph snapped by a construction worker during a lunch break. The photo features a yellow-black Deere backhoe standing on a road and positioned against a rocky cliff. Up ...

TENNESSEE, USA — (Update 8/19/2021 at 9:50 a.m.) The North Carolina office of the Chief Medical Examiner released a final report confirming that Patrick Madura, an Illinois man scheduled to stay at a ...