Eastern Tennessee-based author Frances Figart is helping children understand the realities of wildlife-vehicle collisions through her new book, A Search for Safe Passage.

Eastern Tennessee-based author Frances Figart is helping children understand the realities of wildlife-vehicle collisions through her new book, A Search for Safe Passage.
This weekend, embrace your inner headbanger, drone out to found sounds, work and learn with the Nature Conservancy or celebrate the Irish in style, all for the price of a fast food lunch. As always, we bring you the best in budget-friendly events.
It’s not every day that a new species is found in the mountains of Western North Carolina, but thanks to a little diligence from an employee of The Nature Conservancy by the name of Merrill Lynch, a breeding colony of the Olympia Marble butterfly (Euchloe olympia) has been found here, far from its usual home in the prairies of the central United States. Photo by Kevin Caldwell.