Georgia is seeing a record number of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Biologists have counted more than 3,960 nests along the coast since May. That’s 10 more than the previous record set in 2019, …
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 beaches from North Carolina down …
They may not be able to perform a leg lock, but male cottonmouths will still wrestle for their mates. Wildlife manager Matthew Moore with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources recently captured footage of two …
Flames and snakes don’t just go well together on motorcycle decals and heavy metal album covers. According to new research, prescribed fires every few years in longleaf pine forests in the Southeast help encourage diversity …
Inexpensive, store-bought GPS tracking devices work just as well as expensive professional gear for surveying tortoises that spend much of their time underground. University of Georgia researchers were looking for ways to track translocated gopher …
Translocating gopher tortoises to a barrier island in Georgia has resulted in a “robust and secure” population two decades after major efforts. “If you do it right, [translocation] can actually be a very effective tool …
Loggerhead sea turtle nests on Georgia’s Barrier Islands are experiencing improved survival rates, but invasive swine are the major predators affecting them. Listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, loggerheads (Caretta caretta) nest on …
A manatee that wildlife managers freed from stranding using a bulldozer last fall in Georgia has returned to Savannah after a 30-day migration northward from Miami. The 10-foot West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) made the …
The Southeastern Section of The Wildlife Society will host a Wildlife and Forestry Field Techniques field course for students from May 26 to June 10 at the Jones Center at Ichauway, in Newton, Georgia. Course …
It took a bulldozer for wildlife technicians to return a massive manatee back to the water after it became stranded in the mud while trying to cross between two waterbodies in Georgia. The Georgia Department …
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