A national non-profit organization that tracks rivers all over the country has announced the rivers of Southern Appalachia are now among the most endangered in ...

Bristol, Tennessee’s Steele Creek Park was used during a scientific study to predict amphibian diversity throughout southern ...

The list of 10 most endangered rivers of 2025, according to the nonprofit American Rivers, includes the Mississippi River and ...

Southern Appalachia's future — and present — involve wildfires By Erika Ryan , Scott Detrow , Patrick Jarenwattananon | Thursday, March 27, 2025 ...

Newly published research shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains, shrinks its body and braincase to conserve energy during winter months.

Consider the past six months in the mountains of southern Appalachia. Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic flooding to places like Asheville, North Carolina, but lately it's been so windy and dry ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Robert Scheller, landscape ecology professor at North Carolina State University, about the increasing risk for wildfires in southeast and southern Appalachian regions.