It’s easy to become addicted to being outdoors in the Golden Isles. Things of beauty are always around the next bend – it ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has created a State Wildlife Action Plan every 10 years, beginning in 2005 ...

Between its incredible size and powerful jaw, Georgia's largest snake has been called the emperor of the forest. Is it venomous? Where can you find it?

Georgia's state reptile, the gopher tortoise, has a brighter future thanks to a collaborative conservation effort that has ...

Some snakes will relocate to areas they have never lived before. Officials issue warning amid concerning surge in rattlesnake attacks — here's what you need to know first appeared on The Cool Down.

The state Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that the Georgia Gopher Tortoise Initiative has reached its goal of permanently protecting 65 viable tortoise populations. No. 65 is an ...

The Georgia Gopher Tortoise Initiative has successfully reached its goal of permanently protecting 65 gopher tortoise ...

The Gopher Tortoise is Georgia’s official state reptile. No. 65 is an easement that will conserve over 250 tortoises and ...

Gopher Tortoises/At A Glance. The gopher tortoise is federally listed as threatened in Louisiana, Mississippi and western ...

Georgia has big snakes, but what is the biggest? Not only is it a huge black beauty, but it's one of the biggest native ...