Tag: Georgia

Coming across a Northern pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) is a pretty rare event, so it’s easy to understand wildlife enthusiast Christian Cave’s excitement when he came across one in southern...

Gopher frogs have been slowly disappearing from Georgia’s southern pinelands for decades. Now, biologists are working to replenish the species. State biologists have been collecting egg masses from the few...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...