The fossils of the Hermit Trail occur in a fine-grained sandstone of Permian age, the period after the Carboniferous or ...

Congaree National Park has opened its 2026 Synchronous Firefly Event lottery. Here's what you need to know about claiming a ...

GATLINBURG, TN – They came out one by one and then all at once, swarming the underbrush and pooling in the hollows, blinking crazily like fiber optic filaments in a planetarium or outer space-themed ...

Great Smoky Mountains Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host its annual synchronous firefly viewing in 2026. Learn how ...

It begins as random flashes of greenish-yellow in the night. And then, slowly, something incredible unfolds. A rhythmic ...

COLUMBIA — It won’t be long before the synchronous fireflies will light up the forest at Congaree National Park. And those ...

Congaree National Park’s rare synchronized firefly show is drawing huge interest again as this year’s lottery opens.

Didn’t win the firefly lottery? Don’t worry, the majestic synchronous fireflies light show isn’t limited to just the lucky few. The synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park put ...

In central South Carolina, the largest tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest lies between the Congaree and Wat ...

FOREST COUNTY, Pa. — It all started as these stories sometimes do—by accident. “We didn't know that they were on the property,” said Peggy Butler who, along with her husband Ken, lives on a rural ...

Congaree National Park is home to a light show like no other.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host its annual viewing opportunity for synchronous fireflies in June despite some operational changes. Vehicle lottery and peak view dates are expected to be ...