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News Articles: wildlife

Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif., quickly formed an "alert circle" to protect their young following Monday's 5.2 magnitude earthquake.

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  • Animals

When an earthquake struck San Diego, these elephants formed an 'alert circle'

When a 5.2 earthquake hit near San Diego, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park caught its elephants on video taking action to protect their young, forming what experts call an "alert circle."

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
A barred owl sits in a tree in Forsyth Park in 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Andy Young

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  • Animals

Nesting owls delay tree removal

A dying red oak was about to be felled when a bird’s parental instincts kicked in.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
A visitor to Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp recorded a rarely seen part of the alligator mating ritual called the head slap, researchers say. Jennifer Berglund video screengrab

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  • Animals

‘Startling’ head slaps are part of alligator courtship, Georgia lab says. See video

Male alligators rumble during mating displays, but a lesser-known part of the ritual involves something even more dramatic.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Mark Price
Senior Wildlife Biologist Jessica Thompson and Wildlife Technician Trip Kolkmeyer try use to photography and a drone to help identify an endangered North Atlantic right whale near St. Marys on Jan. 26, 2025.

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  • Animals

Right whales face uncertain future, but research continues

Georgia scientists who study highly endangered North Atlantic right whales may be preventing their extinction or documenting their demise.

February 06, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
Taxidermied deer mounted on a wall at a deer processer in Mansfield.

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  • Environment

Georgia has been preparing for so-called zombie disease in deer. Here’s how the state's responding

The state Department of Natural Resources said it is at this point not concerned about chronic wasting disease, which is fatal and affects deer and other cervids, outside of Lanier and Berrien where it was detected last week. But there is some new guidance. 

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas

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  • Animals

Is that a coyote or dog in your yard? Here’s how to know & tips to stay safe in Georgia

Winter time often means less insects bugging you outside. However, winter brings its own set of pests and predators out to roam. One of them? The coyote.

January 21, 2025
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By:
  • Chelsea Madden
Kristine Tompkins, founder of Tompkins Conservation, hikes up to the Cross of the Seas located in the southernmost point of South America, in Patagonia, Chile, on Nov. 2, 2024.

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  • Latin America

How one U.S. conservationist's work is helping to preserve Chile's wilderness

Chile is set to gain its 47th national park early this year — largely due to the efforts of U.S. conservationist Kristine Tompkins and her organization.

January 12, 2025
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  • John Bartlett
Maggie Shaarawi, vice president of Animals Lebanon, tries to calm Sara the lion cub in Beirut before the animal is transferred out of the country, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Animal rescuers evacuate a lion cub from war-torn Lebanon to South Africa

The group Animals Lebanon says it rescued Sara the lion cub from abuse by a Lebanese social media influencer, kept it safe in Beirut and sent it to a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa.

November 16, 2024
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
Toby, an orphaned four-year-old Alaskan coastal brown bear, stands and looks out over the compound at the Fortress of the Bear Center  in Sitka, Alaska, on Aug. 1, 2013.

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  • National

A hunter in Alaska is found dead after being mauled by a bear

The 50-year-old had been reported overdue from a deer hunting trip. At least 30,000 brown bears are estimated to be in Alaska and mainly live along the southern coast.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
Many of the loblolly and slash pines felled or nearly felled by Hurricane Helene at Broxton Rocks in Coffee County were part of a nursery for longleaf pine seedlings being nurtured by the Georgia chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

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  • Environment

A South Georgia ecological oasis, slammed by Hurricane Helene, faces an uncertain future

The Southern landscape now experiencing the effects of climate change has already seen centuries of loss of wild places due to human industry. Now, climate-change-strengthened storms threaten the pockets of older Southern ecologies that remain.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Bull trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout are among the native fish species in Western Montana that are prized by anglers  and threatened by warming waters.

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  • Climate

Too hot for trout: Why some anglers are rethinking their approach to fly fishing

As Western Montana's blue-ribbon trout waters warm due to climate change, anglers are increasingly wrestling with the ethics of their sport.

September 01, 2024
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By:
  • Nathan Rott

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  • Animals

Evidence of bald eagle reemergence in Georgia is music to the ears of bird watchers

After illness decimated the population in Georgia two years ago, annual surveys of bald eagle nests by the state Department of National Resources found nesting success was above average in most areas checked in 2024.

July 24, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Snake

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  • Animals

Are snakes in Georgia able to climb? Learn how to keep snakes from creeping over your fence

Some species of snakes can climb, and this includes trees, fences, and sometimes even walls. But they won't chase you up one.

July 04, 2024
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By:
  • Sundi Rose
Confiscated live animals are temporarily held in what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calls their “live room” at an office building near Los Angeles International Airport, while authorities try to find them longer-term housing and specialized care.

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  • Environment

Box turtles. Coral. These illegally trafficked animals still need a good home

When authorities find wildlife that are being illegally trafficked, at ports or airports, the animals are often in terrible shape. Sick, starved, distressed. A pilot project in Southern California aims to get seized wildlife immediate care.

June 08, 2024
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Ryan Kellman,
  • and 1 more
Person hunting in a Capitol Beat photo.

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  • News

Georgia entering vacation season short of game wardens

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.

May 28, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
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