Maggie Valley is a popular elk-spotting area. There have been recent reports of dangerously close interactions and people ...

Study commissioned by lawmakers is silent on whether the state should ban shrimp trawling. But it urges changes in how North ...

Copperheads are North Carolina’s most populous venomous snake. Here’s when and where you’re most likely to encounter one.

The city of Boone has put a giant mural of the eastern hellbender downtown and its residents often imbibe a local Hazy IPA ...

Carova is a remote stretch of the Outer Banks with no paved roads or commercial amenities, accessible only by 4x4 vehicles ...

Most people get hit on weekends, usually in the afternoon. Two out of three deaths happen between noon and 6 p.m. As far as ...

Officers will continue increased enforcement of boating laws out on the water through the July 4th weekend. They will ...

A North Carolina motorcyclist died nearly two weeks after he collided with a deer June 1 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is accepting nominations for the annual Thomas L. Quay Award through Friday.

Fireworks may dazzle, but they also pollute the air, disrupt wildlife and pose health risks. Some North Carolina cities are ...

As housing developments begin to push deeper into Boiling Spring Lakes forests, developers risk colliding with the federally ...

Officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said two people were idling on a boat along the Intracoastal ...