A data center planned near the Nashville Zoo may still be able to muscle through legal hurdles, new city legislation and an enormous wave of community pushback.
Bear rescue resumes helping orphaned cubs in Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains
Black bear cubs orphaned in the wild may soon have a temporary home. The Appalachian Bear Rescue is a 30-year-old wildlife rehabilitation facility near Gatlinburg that just reopened after a lengthy closure.
How Cheekwood, Belle Meade and Warner Park’s conservation intersect in neighborhood lawsuit
Hundreds of residents in the Belle Meade-Highlands neighborhood brought legal action against the city this week to target traffic caused by Cheekwood Estate and Gardens.
Animals can be queer. Here are Tennessee critters that show love is love
Queerness is prevalent in many different forms across the world of animals. Examples in Tennessee include foxes, eastern bluebirds, and black bears.
‘We need peace, trees and each other.’ Nashville citizens, children speak against data centers
Nashvillians are worried about data centers. Hundreds of citizens, including many young people and a few children, stood in line for hours to speak Thursday at the city’s first public hearing on proposed regulations for data centers.
Black bears in Nashville? Wildlife officials say bears are on the move
Black bears are on the move this summer, and they are showing up in Middle Tennessee. Bears have been spotted in Hickman, Dickson, Wilson and Sumner counties in recent weeks, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
Survey: How to protect Nashville’s trees, creeks and stars
Nashville is creating a plan to protect trees, creeks and grasslands around town — and asking for community members to weigh in.
Black bears are threatened by climate change. How can we help?
Black bear encounters are on the rise in Tennessee, and climate change is often a hidden culprit, tampering with ecosystems in unexpected ways.
Threatened orchids were returning to southern Kentucky, then the 2025 tornado hit
Researchers have spent two decades restoring native wetlands in southern Kentucky, and with them the white fringeless orchid. But those efforts were disrupted when an EF4 tornado swept through the area in May 2025, carving visible lines in the landscape.
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