A soon-to-come UNESCO World Heritage status could double visitors to the Okefenokee.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources predicts the state's highest loggerhead nest count in about 40 years, more than 4,000 nests by the end of August.

A newly formed sand habitat on Tybee Island yields ownership and conservation questions.

Conservation advocates are worried proposed land swaps and higher visitation could spur development on the undeveloped barrier island.

Paddlers will gather at Ebenezer Creek the Saturday after Juneteenth to honor victims of a Civil War-era massacre and raise awareness of a forgotten chapter in local history.

DNA tests conducted by SeaD Consulting found that nearly 60% of Savannah restaurants claiming local shrimp served imported shrimp instead. 

Plans that call for up to 185 new hotel rooms as well as a new parking lot on Jekyll Island have residents and supporters worried about the future of the state-owned barrier island.

The move follows controversy after a Florida businessman withdrew his rezoning application to allow data centers in the city of Kingsland.

Kingsland's city manager, who says the city did not gather proper public input, also recommends the moratorium.

North Atlantic right whales, a beleaguered species of fewer than 400 individuals, gave researchers new reason to hope this winter off the coast of Georgia.

The lawsuit ran in tandem with a referendum effort that already overturned the controversial zoning.

"Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961-Now" is the first major retrospective of art inspired by the remote barrier island just south of Savannah.

A Coastal Georgia district attorney and a Superior Court judge said Monday they were doubtful that enough evidence exists to move forward with a malice murder charge against a 31-year-old Camden County mother arrested earlier this month for an alleged illegal abortion, paving the way for a possible reduction or dismissal of charges.

A buoy off the coast of Tybee Island listening for the calls of endangered right whales heard a few for the first time late last month.

The company remains committed to buying the $35 million abandoned industrial property, which is situated close to public schools and homes.