The Ledger | Amanda Womac

Bear, tourist interactions change over years

Perhaps the most iconic symbol of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the black bear, or Ursus americanus. A chance to see a bear is one of the primary reasons people ...Read More

Short history of the nation’s most-visited national park

In 1899, the Appalachian National Park Association began discussing the concept for a 12,000-square-mile park in parts of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and ...Read More

Cassius Cash’s unlikely path from Memphis to Great Smoky Mountains superintendent

It all started on whim. Cassius Cash was on his way to band practice at the University of Arkansas when he decided to practice his interview skills instead. “Someone ...Read More

Women in STEM is no recent phenomenon

One of the challenges facing women in STEM disciplines is the lack of role models girls have when it comes to female mentors in science, engineering, technology and math. ...Read More

Study finds 3-1 shortfall of women in STEM careers

Women in the United States have made great strides in education and entry in the workplace over the past 50 years, yet they continue to be underrepresented in science, ...Read More

Convincing girls, women to pursue science, math careers

Claudia Rawn is used to talking about science, so when asked to speak about women in the STEM disciplines, she was a bit out of her comfort zone. The speaking invitation came ...Read More

Science struggles to save dying coral

Some of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems on the planet are the coral reefs in the earth’s oceans. Home to more than one million species, they play an important part ...Read More

Conservation efforts at work in Tennessee’s waterways

They haven’t spent 73 days in an underwater habitat, but researchers and volunteers with several organizations in Tennessee have spent hundreds of hours snorkeling their ...Read More

Sea you in three months

If someone approached you and suggested you try living in an underwater habitat the size of a college dorm for three months, would you do it? Aquanauts Bruce Cantrell and ...Read More

Quick history of cloaking devices

Dr. Ramki Kalyanaraman, associate professor of materials science engineering, and his colleague Dr. Gerd Duscher at UT are not the only people working to develop cloaking ...Read More