Steve Gettle / Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Floris van Breugel,Floris van Breugel / Tent at night surrounded by Fireflies (Photinus carolinus) Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA, June 2013.

Kirkendall-Spring / Canopy of autumn trees and rising fog viewed from Webb Overlook along the Newfound Gap Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA, October 2008

Tim Fitzharris / Little Pigeon River cascading among rocks and colorful Maple leaves, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Kirkendall-Spring / Forest along Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Tennessee, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / View of Tipton Place in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Tennessee, USA

Tim Fitzharris / Autumn leaves on wet boulders in stream, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Tim Fitzharris / Roaring fork river, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Autumn leaf on boulder, Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Jim Brandenburg / Cascading stream, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Steve Gettle / Millipede (Narceus americanus) in defensive posture, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Steve Gettle / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) sub-adult male, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Steve Gettle / Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Steve Gettle / Cascading creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Steve Gettle / Waterfall, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Steve Gettle / Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) males displaying, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Steve Gettle / Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) male, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Steve Gettle / Waterfall, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

MYN / Clay Bolt / Metallic green bee (Augochlorella sp), Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Clay Bolt / Rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis) specimen rear view. Female worker in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due pr...

Jeff Foott / Red Maple (Acer rubrum) in fall, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

MYN / JP Lawrence / Ocoee salamander (Desmognathus ocoee) the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / JP Lawrence / Seal salamander (Desmognathus monticola) the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / JP Lawrence / Dusky salamander (Desmognathus sp.) the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Steve Gettle / Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata) and trillium on forest floor, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Steve Gettle / Stream and moss-covered boulders, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Steve Gettle / Moss-covered boulders in lusch deciduous forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Steve Gettle / Stream cascading through spring deciduous forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Floris van Breugel / Syncronous Fireflies (Photinus carolinus) light up forest stream late in the evening in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA , June 2013. Highly commended in the Other Animals Categ...

Tim Fitzharris / Laurel Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Laurel Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Waterfall, Laurel Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Deciduous forest in autumn, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Deciduous forest in autumn, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Deciduous forest in autumn, Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina

Tim Fitzharris / Deciduous forest covering mountains, Newfound Gap, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Kirkendall-Spring / Canopy of autumn trees and rising fog viewed from Webb Overlook along the Newfound Gap Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA, October 2008

Tim Fitzharris / Sycamore (Platanus sp) bark, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Gerrit Vyn / Buck White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) drinking from a creek. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA, November.

Gerrit Vyn / Buck White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) durinf the fall rut. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA, November.

Gerrit Vyn / Buck White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) durinf the fall rut. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA, November.

Tim Fitzharris / Little River flowing through autumn forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Thomas Lazar / Pre-dawn sky and mist over Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

Thomas Lazar / Sun's rays and clouds over Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

Thomas Lazar / Pre-dawn sky and mist over Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

Thomas Lazar / Sun's rays and clouds over Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA ;

Thomas Lazar / Sun's rays and clouds over Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA ;

Thomas Lazar / Sunset over Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

Thomas Lazar / Sunset over Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

Tim Fitzharris / Laurel Creek cascades, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Newfound Gap, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Kirkendall-Spring / Two old wooden huts along Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Tennessee USA

Tim Fitzharris / Misty, forested hills, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Roaring Fork River flowing through forest in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Roaring Fork River flowing through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Roaring Fork River flowing through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Sunset over the Pisgah National Forest from the Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina

Tim Fitzharris / Misty forest on Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Maple (Acer sp) trees in autumn, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Autumn deciduous forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Autumn leaves amid cascading waterfall, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Tim Fitzharris / Autumn leaves on wet boulders in stream, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Tim Fitzharris / Great Smoky Mountains from, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina

Tim Fitzharris / Rolling fog on Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Boulder and autumn colored deciduous forest, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Autumn leaves in Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Fall-colored Maple, Sourwood and Cherry leaves on ground, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) and Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum), Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Little Pigeon River, cascading among rocks and colorful fall Maple leaves, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Grotto Falls with the roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail passing beneath, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Cascade near Grotto Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Grotto Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Autumn leaves in Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Fall colored forest, Appalachian Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Tim Fitzharris / Little Pigeon River, cascading among rocks and colorful fall Maple leaves, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Jim Brandenburg / Deciduous forest in spring, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Rhododendron (Rhododendron sp) flowers, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Spring blossoms in forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Deciduous forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Cascading stream, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Dogberry (Cornus sanguinea) trees in bloom, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Dogwood (Cornus florida) flowering, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Cascading stream, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Tim Fitzharris / Mixed forest, Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Steve Gettle / Cascading stream with moss-covered boulders, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Steve Gettle / Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Steve Gettle / Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Deciduous forest and Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Tim Fitzharris / Oak (Quercus sp) tree, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Kevin Schafer / Cosby Creek flowing through forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Jim Brandenburg / Cascading stream, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Creek flowing through deciduous forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Green leaves over stream, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Jim Brandenburg / Snow covered conifers, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee