When Little Tybee Island was threatened by mining, the Georgia Legislature passed the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act. Now our state leaders can do the same for the Okefenokee Swamp, which is ...

In the heart of South Georgia lies a wild expanse so vast, it makes Atlanta look tiny. The Okefenokee Swamp is one of North America's most pristine and untouched freshwater wetlands. It's also vying ...

An alligator in a wetland within the Okefenokee Swamp Refuge in March 2024 Larry A. Woodward USFWS The Alabama company that planned to mine titanium dioxide next to the Okefenokee Swamp has agreed to ...

To David Walter Banks, there’s something special about the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater swamp in North America. There’s a mystical quality, the photographer says, that’s hard to explain to ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do just one ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservation group said Friday it has reached a $60 million deal to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that environmentalists spent years battling over ...

A study by the University of Georgia has revealed new concerns over the levels of mercury in the waters around the Okenfenokee Swamp. Researchers say that the alligators tested in the area had eight ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from ecology schools at University of Georgia and Clemson University measured mercury in alligators across habitat hotspots in the Southeast. It was more ...