The Okefenokee creates deep personal connections with visitors, fostering a sense of shared history and appreciation for nature. Conservation efforts, including the Okefenokee's nomination to the ...

Footage has surfaced showing an estimated 1,000-pound ocean sunfish swimming off Tasmania, Australia, with a massive chunk missing from its tail section. Which begs the question, asked by the ...

Georgia House lawmakers are considering two bills that would ban mining near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Proponents of the ban argue that mining would damage the swamp's ecosystem and ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new baby pygmy hippopotamus has been born at the Montgomery Zoo! The baby, a girl, was born Feb. 9 to mother Lola and father Nile. She has been named Anuket after the ...

The Montgomery Zoo this week announced the birth of a female pygmy hippopotamus. Anuket was actually born on Feb. 9 but has spent the last month bonding with her mother behind the scenes ...

A 2.5-metre sunfish has washed ashore on Western Australia's south coast. Sunfish are among the heaviest fish alive and can grow to more than 3 metres in length. A giant sunfish that washed up on ...

ATLANTA (WSAV) — Two bills proposed to protect the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from mining did not advance through ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Pygmy blue whales off Western Australia engage in foraging dives, including lunge-feeding, during their migration to Indonesia. These dives, tracked using ...

A pygmy hippopotamus named Thabo, originally from Singapore, has been confirmed dead by the Taipei Zoo due to what the zoo said was malnutrition and infection. In a statement yesterday, the Taipei Zoo ...

Hazelett Reservoir at Cobbs Creek in Cumberland County. Bluegills, a sunfish species, are not native to the area. They are native to central and eastern U.S. and are primarily found in the Great ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--A sociable ocean sunfish that clearly missed its human audience and fell sick during renovations perked up after officials set up human cutouts at its aquarium here.

Now our state leaders can do the same for the Okefenokee Swamp, which is threatened by mining today, by passing the Okefenokee Protection Act. The time is now. Time is running out in this Georgia ...