Information about wildlife in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Rangers at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park had to euthanize a black bear Tuesday. They said the bear was so aggressive, there was no other choice. Rangers caught the bear near Mt. Le Conte Tuesday morning. After going through several steps, they decided it had to be put down. That bear chased a park
Bear activity is increasing this month in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. That means more visitors are pausing to watch, photograph and perhaps get too close to wild animals who may not welcome tourists. >> Read Complete Article
(WBIR.com) A family in East Tennessee had to deal with a peculiar car break-in during a recent vacation. But, the culprit, wasn’t your typical two-legged criminal…it was a small bear. A family staying at a chalet in Gatlinburg this weekend sent us video of the encounter. They said before they started filming a bear got
Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have closed a couple of trails after two women reported an encounter with a bear. The park has closed Twin Creeks Trail, the Noah Bud Ogle Cabin and the Noah Bud Ogle Nature Trail until further notice, according to a news release from the park. According to
A recent altercation happened in the Cataloochee Valley of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, when a young bull elk approached a photographer along the side of the road. The photographer had been keeping a safe distance when the young elk approached and began to sniff his camera gear. Soon the elk became more aggressive, lowered
It is a common story — a species once eliminated returns to find not everyone welcomes it back with open arms. The return of wolves to northern Wisconsin, the reintroduction of beavers to the United Kingdom, and now the elk in Western North Carolina. After disappearing from North Carolina in the late 1700s, the elk
We expect to spot black bears in the Smokies or even in some backyards, but one bear on the run got a lot of attention over the weekend because of where it was spotted. Cell phone video, captured by Tricia Alexander, shows the black bear making its way from the National Park, attempting to get
Cades Cove and the rest of the national park serve as a sanctuary for the black bears of the Southern Appalachians. The estimated 1,500 black bears that live in the park are still hunted, however, with cameras — furiously and sometimes fatally by millions of visitors eager to capture the moment. “Of course, people come
On a recent May morning, Joe Yarkovich waded into the tall grass in a field in the Cataloochee Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A wildlife biologist with the National Park Service, he was there to examine and collar a day-old 45-pound baby elk — the newest addition to a herd attracting thousand
Great Smoky Mountains National Park has teamed up with the Balsam Mountain Trust for a special program on Birds of Prey at the Oconaluftee Multipurpose Room on Thursday, June 6.
