The AJC has learned a former top U.S. wildlife official wrote Gov. Brian Kemp to warn that a mine planned near the Okefenokee Swamp would threaten the fragile ecosystem.

The lakes of the US are often thought of as great holiday destinations. All of them provide a combination of hiking, boating, ...

President Trump’s order to release billions of gallons of water in California’s Central Valley last week — with the purported ...

For decades, conservationists have pushed for changes to U.S. 64, a busy two-lane highway to the popular Outer Banks that ...

The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge on the Indian River Lagoon in East Central Florida became the first national wildlife refuge.

Florida panthers. Thirty-six of the endangered cats were killed by vehicle strike – the most since 2016. Yet Florida has no ...

A Florida governor in the early 1900s saw potential for the Everglades land but only if it was drained of its water.

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBS12) — As temperatures begin to drop dangerously low in South Florida, Okeechobee County officials announced the opening of a warming shelter. The county is currently ...

Today, she goes by the name “Python Huntress.” But when Amy Siewe first moved to Florida, she had abandoned a successful real estate business for her newfound passion of hunting the Burmese pythons ...

Sea levels are rising and oceans are becoming warmer. Longer, more intense droughts threaten crops, wildlife and freshwater supplies. From polar bears in the Arctic to marine turtles off the coast of ...

Gordon Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is named in honor of the Gordon family, who donated 67 acres of biodiverse forest and wetland habitat to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. ALSO READ ...