On a clear afternoon in May, Georgia DNR aquatics biologist Paula Marcinek led a team on the upper Ocmulgee River in search of a lost fish species that reappeared in...
By Erin Cork, Georgia DNR Wildlife Biologist To create good habitat for native wildlife, including pollinators and other insects, it is important to select flowers and grasses for your meadow...
I knew if I didn’t get that port-side motor going and us moving, we were going to sink. Capt. Shane Ryan had spent a lifetime boating and fishing off...
By Dirk Stevenson. Featured image: Southeastern sandhill cellophane bee. Photo credit: Dave Almquist/Florida Natural Areas Inventory. Late last winter, South Georgia State College’s Frankie Snow and I were surveying...
Death came quickly for the calf. For the adult nicknamed Cottontail, it took months. There are fewer than 375 North Atlantic right whales left. The two leading threats pushing them...
The Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), along with wildlife agencies across the U.S., is urging both pet and aquarium stores and aquarium owners to remove and...
(aka: Canoeing the Kinchafoonee) By JAMES MALPHRUS of JCM Adventure Journals Featured image: Joining friends for a paddle on the Kinch (James Malphrus) Picking up where James left off in...
At first glance, the fish looks unassuming, a mild aquarium pet with a face of innocence. But the Oriental weather loach – recently documented for the first time in the...
By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Sassafras in fall color. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson If you are a homeowner, you know there are many...