Wildlife refuges put the needs of plants and animals first, unlike national parks. Here are 10 refuges you can visit in Georgia, including the Okefenokee Swamp.

For a few years now, Jonah McDonald, the naturalist for DeKalb County’s parks, has maintained several trail cameras in a secluded wetland at Mason Mill Park in Decatur. With their special technology, ...

TATTNALL, Ga. (WTOC) - A four-foot invasive South American lizard is showing up more often in southeast Georgia— and DNR says it could threaten native wildlife. more often in southeast Georgia, more ...

The post Georgia Officials Warn Invasive 4-Foot Lizards Are Threatening Native Wildlife appeared first on A-Z Animals. A large South American lizard is causing concern to wildlife officials in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A warning from Georgia wildlife officials follows the state's confirmation that more than 20 invasive tegus ...

The former state flower, the Cherokee Rose, is an invasive species native to Southeast Asia, not Georgia. The new state flower, the Sweetbay Magnolia, is native to Georgia and supports local wildlife.

(WUPA) -- Georgia is home to a wide range of wildlife, from white-tailed deer and wild turkeys to black bears and American alligators. But lurking in the grasslands and forest clearings of at least ...

When Joro spiders first arrived stateside more than a decade ago, scientists worried the massive black-and-yellow spiders would gorge themselves on the same bugs as native spiders (or even the native ...