According to the Flint Riverkeeper, the E. coli levels in the river were too much to count downstream of a major sewage spill from Atlanta’s airport.

The DNR proposed regulations in June that would allow private recreational docks in coastal waterways to be up to 1,000 feet long and 6 feet wide. Scores of comments opposed the size as too large. But even larger docks were proposed.

Georgia's Department of Natural Resources is warning the public about the threats posed by an invasive lizard that can grow up to four feet long.

Georgia College & State University students are studying a species the Department of Natural Resources has listed as a “greatest conservation need,” as part of a state-funded effort to understand its decline.

On Thursday, a group of preservationists released groups of previously endangered woodpeckers to their new home in South Georgia.

The next time you want to take in some of Georgia’s natural beauty at one of its state parks, it could cost you a little more. Or at least it will if the Board of Natural Resources signs off Tuesday on a proposal to raise fees.

Georgia just wrapped up its first summer oyster harvest season. Traditionally, oyster harvesting was limited to cooler months, with the season closing from May 1 to Sept. 30, when bacteria harmful to humans, like Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, are most active. New regulations passed by the Georgia Board of Natural Resources’ Coastal Resources Division now permit closed-season harvesting under strict conditions. 

Glynn County has not turned off controversial lighting at the I-95 exit for Buc-ee’s convenience store despite getting written permission to do so earlier this month from the Georgia Department of Transportation.

If you see Canada geese lingering about, they might be there to stay for a while.

Georgia ranks eighth among states with the most snake species, according to the World Population Review, but only seven out of 47 are venomous. Despite this, it is illegal to kill non-venomous snakes and most nongame animals in the state of Georgia.

For drivers with a wildlife license plate and other donors, this report shows where the money went.

With the traditional summer vacation season getting underway, Georgia continues to suffer from a chronic shortage of game wardens to serve its 2 million hunters and 600,000 to 700,000 anglers.

A Hall County Sheriff’s Office deputy came across an adult alligator near a pond at Allen Creek Road.

State officials warn that flathead catfish are invading another Georgia river, sparking fears that the predator will threaten native fish included the prized redbreast sunfish.

The ex-wife of R&B singer Usher wants to drain Georgia's largest lake. Fashion designer Tameka Foster's son was fatally injured on Lake Lanier a decade ago.