Though it takes a lot of work to document the park’s biodiversity, sometimes new park records do almost drop into one’s lap. High school intern, Scott Futral, was speaking with the park’s Research Coordinator and two ATBI (All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory) scientists on the deck of the Purchase Knob […]

Throughout 2018, Discover Life in America will be celebrating its 20th year of discovery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park by sharing posts about a few of the park’s wondrous varieties of plants and animals. All are species that were discovered in the national park as part of the All […]