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timesfreepress.com > news > 07/16/2026 > terrapin-population-study-underway-in-coastal

Terrapin population study underway in Coastal Georgia creeks to assess decline

1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (981+ words) On a recent summer afternoon, three researchers explored the brackish, muddy waters of the Ogeechee River for a small Coastal Georgia treasure: the Eastern diamondback terrapin. With nothing but time and the tide on their side, the three scientists traversed…...

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timesfreepress.com > news > 07/13/2026 > bald-eagles-thrive-on-georgias-coast

Bald eagles thrive on Georgia’s coast

3+ day, 32+ min ago  (437+ words) Georgia's bald eagle population continues to soar, with above-average nesting success in all areas checked, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources reports. One of those areas was Coastal Georgia, where our national symbol thrives thanks to an abundance of the…...

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timesfreepress.com > news > 07/12/2026 > case-varmints-allow-hunters-to-live-high-on-the

Case: Varmints allow hunters to live high on the hog in summertime

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (418+ words) It's summertime, and I hope the living is easy for you. (Cue the popular old George Gerswhin song.) As hunters, I think we often surrender the stretch from June to September by figuring it is usually too hot and there…...

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timesfreepress.com > news > 07/06/2026 > a-leopard-and-its-spots

A Leopard and its Spots

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (23+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press A Leopard and its Spots Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for July 7, 2026....

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timesfreepress.com > news > 07/02/2026 > trump-visits-newly-built-theodore-roosevelt-presidential-library-in-north-dakotas-badlands

Trump visits newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1003+ words) During a tour of the 96,000-square-foot library and in a speech afterward, Trump spoke admiringly of Roosevelt and compared himself favorably to the former president, who he described as the embodiment of the American spirit, praising his toughness as a…...

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timesfreepress.com > news > 05/29/2026 > times-opinion-conservation-depends-on-cooperating

Times Opinion: Conservation depends on cooperating and transcending borders

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (592+ words) Political tides rise and fall. Laws change. Priorities shift. Administrations come and go. Societies debate, correct course and find new balance. Some long-standing norms endure because they serve the common good. Others, like the once-accepted evil of slavery, are rightly…...

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timesfreepress.com > news > 05/24/2026 > case-hunters-baiting-for-turkeys-is-foul-play

Case: Hunters baiting for turkeys is foul play that’s fair to no one

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (353+ words) While the spring turkey hunting season is already over or will be soon just about everywhere in these United States, it's never too late for a reminder about what's right. Let's just cut to the chase: It's easy to bait…...

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timesfreepress.com > news > 05/23/2026 > my-life-the-birds-of-chattanooga

My Life: The birds of Chattanooga

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (133+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press My Life: The birds of Chattanooga I took a six-week online graphic essay class last winter. A graphic essay is a story told through a combination of text, images and visual metaphor. It was a challenging…...

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timesfreepress.com > news > 05/10/2026 > most-commonly-seen-birds-in-tennessee

Most commonly seen birds in Tennessee

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (117+ words) Project FeederWatch, a citizen science project where participants collect data on birds at their feeders, was founded in Ontario by Erica Dunn and the Long Point Bird Observatory in 1976. The project partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology after 10 years…...

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timesfreepress.com > news > 08/03/2025 > case-for-young-wildlife-the-living-isnt-easy-in

Case: For young wildlife, the living isn’t easy in the summertime | Chattanooga Times Free Press

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (144+ words) While it may not be considered the "dog days" of summer yet, depending on where you are, there is no doubt what season it is. And even though we are well past spring, there are lots of young wildlife... Case:…...