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Okefenokee land saved from mining will open to the public
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (306+ words) July 9, 2026 11: 58 AM Last year, advocates successfully fought to save a stretch of land at the eastern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company. Now, that land is opening up to the public. GPB's Jillian Magtoto has more. A…...
Birds Georgia documents 202 bird collisions into buildings across metro Atlanta and Coastal Georgia
3+ week, 1+ day ago (248+ words) June 17, 2026 10: 20 AM LISTEN: The nonprofit recorded about 60 more collisions than the springtime average. GPB's Jillian Magtoto reports. A team of around 100 volunteers from the nonprofit Birds Georgia documented 202 bird/building collisions across metro Atlanta and Coastal Georgia during this year's…...
Wildfires threatened endangered species found only in two counties
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (929+ words) May 6, 2026 1: 27 PM The hairy rattleweed is endemic to Brantley and Wayne counties. Mary Landers, The Current When wildfires erupted in South Georgia last month, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was one of several state agencies that pitched in to…...
A tiny, "gorgeous" bird is vanishing from Georgia wetlands. GCSU is tracking them.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (726+ words) April 21, 2026 12: 48 PM Professor Michelle Moyer and Georgia College and State University students use their binoculars to look at an orchard oriole while conducting field research at Andalusia Farm on Friday, April 17, 2026, in Milledgeville, Ga. Georgia College & State University students are…...
Volunteers round up box turtles on Tybee
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (981+ words) April 8, 2026 8: 15 AM A male Eastern box turtle collected from the future site of Solomon Park on Tybee Island on April 3, 2026. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA/Catch Light/Report for America Mary Landers, The Current Early Friday morning, about a…...
It's hard to track male turtles. Researchers say a new method could help manage at-risk populations
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (250+ words) March 25, 2026 12: 44 PM LISTEN: Every year during turtle nesting season, researchers get their best chance to study female turtles as they come ashore. Now, a UGA researcher has a solution for tracking the often difficult-to-find males. GPB's Chase Mc Gee reports....
Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (930+ words) Tomato clownfish, like the one seen here nestled in a sea anemone, lose all but one of their white stripes (the head bar) as they grow up. In the Disney film Finding Nemo, the clownfish Marlin worries that his son…...
Our top global photo stories from 2025: Fearless women, solo polar bear, healing soups
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (312+ words) December 27, 2025 2: 29 PM Polar bear, Dalian Forest Zoo, China. At this zoo, the polar bear is confined to space far smaller than its range in the wild, which can reach 31, 000 square miles. / Institute Mother Nature must be really annoyed at our…...