Dismals Canyon may be the most ironically named attraction in Alabama. Conjuring images of Death Valley or another arid desert wasteland, the sandstone gorge is instead one of the state's most ...

Twice a year these tiny insects—called dismalites—offer one of nature’s best light shows in northern Alabama’s Dismals Canyon. Dismalites, the larve of bioluminescent Orfelia fultoni ...

As the sun sets beyond the canyon walls, a new light sets fire to the rock face and ridges. While stars emerge above, they appear to stretch down to the ground, from the soil to the sky.

PHIL CAMPBELL, Ala. – As the Tennessee Valley remains captivated by the return of minor league baseball, the glow worms of Dismals Canyon are on the list of possible team names: GloWorms.