Geographical Location: Southeastern

Mountain waterways may become refuges for salamanders after wildfires burn through parts of the Appalachian Mountains. “These riparian habitats are providing really important shelter areas for some of these species,...

Shearwaters have been washing up on the beach this summer in states along the East Coast of the U.S. Wildlife rehabilitation centers reported great shearwaters (Puffinus gravis) washing up on...

A Florida bird is making inroads in Louisiana, possibly attracted by another outsider—the invasive apple snail. The first limpkin in Louisiana was spotted in 2017, reports Houma Today, and their...

Red wolves haven’t roamed the marshes of southwestern Louisiana for 40 years, but their genetic “ghosts” remain there in the DNA of coyotes whose ancestors mated with them, researchers say....

A team of python trackers in the Florida Everglades caught the largest Burmese python ever found in the region. The nearly 18-foot python (Python bivittatus) weighed 215 pounds, National Geographic...

Fatal alligator attacks used to be unheard of in South Carolina. But as more and more residents and tourists head into areas where alligators are common, fatalities—while still rare—have been...

In a remote corner of southeastern Greenland, researchers discovered an isolated, genetically distinct polar bear population that survives in a landscape without sea ice for most of the year—the sort...

Florida wildlife officials say seagrass is growing again in parts of the Indian River Lagoon after pollution killed off the grass, triggering a die-off of threatened Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus),...

Over the 50 years since mottled ducks were introduced to South Carolina, the results have been mixed. Hunters and others certainly like having them around, but their influence on the...

A co-owner of the Boston Celtics has made a $2 million donation to aid manatees in Florida. The Fox Rock Foundation, a charitable foundation overseen by Celtics co-owner Rob Hale...