conservation

Game Warden Shortage Threatens Wildlife

Game Warden Shortage Threatens Wildlife

By Jodi Helmer In Georgia there are just 213 game wardens to enforce state fish and wildlife laws, investigate violations, assist with conservation efforts and collect data on wildlife and ecological changes across 16,000 miles of rivers and 37 million acres of public and private lands. Statewide 46 counties have no designated game warden at […]

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    Protecting Argentina’s Imperiled Penguins From Plastic Waste

    Protecting Argentina’s Imperiled Penguins From Plastic Waste

    Tierra del Fuego is at the southernmost tip of South America and is sometimes known as the “end of the world.” This windswept part of Argentina is home to seven penguin colonies which breed, nest and feed in the area. Yet even here, the evidence of human encroachment on nature is clear. Plastic waste from […]

    Monarch Butterflies Will Be Protected Under Historic Deal

    Monarch Butterflies Will Be Protected Under Historic Deal

    By Liz Kimbrough The side of the road isn’t usually thought of as ideal habitat. But for insects, such as butterflies and their caterpillars, the long expanses of land along roads and utility corridors add up to a considerable amount of home turf. More than 45 transportation and energy companies, as well as dozens of […]

    Scientists Spot ‘Ultra-Rare’ Blue Bee Feared Extinct

    Scientists Spot ‘Ultra-Rare’ Blue Bee Feared Extinct

    Scientists have “rediscovered” a rare blue bee that they feared was extinct. Until this spring, the “ultra-rare” blue calamintha bee (Osmia calaminthae) had only been observed in four locations in central Florida, and it hadn’t been seen at all since 2016. So when Florida Museum of Natural History research team Chase Kimmel and Jaret Daniels […]

    Giant Lizards Are Spreading in Georgia

    Giant Lizards Are Spreading in Georgia

    In the wake of news about “murder hornets” invading the West Coast, the Southeast has its own scourge to contend with: an invasive, South American lizard that can grow up to 4 feet in length. The lizard has been spotted for the third year in a row, according to a Facebook post from the Orianne […]