Each year in late spring, the forest fills with fireflies that flash in unison at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The synchronous show draws so many spectators to eastern Tennessee that the ...

The tariffs wars involving global economic powerhouses such as the U.S. and China are being felt even in such distinctly local places as your regional amusement park.

But Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a “hot spot” from word of mouth and because it’s protected from development, light pollution and pesticides. The rich, moist forest floor of Great Smoky is ...

Synchronous fireflies aren’t a rare or threatened species, Nichols said, and their range extends up the Allegheny Mountains and down into Georgia. But Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a ...

Synchronous fireflies aren’t a rare or threatened species, Nichols said, and their range extends up the Allegheny Mountains and down into Georgia. But Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a ...

Synchronous fireflies aren’t a rare or threatened species, Nichols said, and their range extends up the Allegheny Mountains and down into Georgia. But Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a ...

But Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a “hot spot” from word of mouth and because it’s protected from development, light pollution and pesticides. The rich, moist forest floor of Great Smoky is ...