Injured U.S. military veterans experience the healing power of water and wildlife at the Georgia Aquarium when they swam with manta rays, goliath groupers, and even a whale shark as part of the Wounded Warrior Project.

People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of spillover diseases from those pangolins, giant rats and other exotic critters.

Early Friday morning, about a dozen volunteers scattered across a wooded patch of land on Tybee, looking for box turtles.

In ways scientists don't yet understand, turkey hens can shift to rearing more females when hunting pressure on top males becomes too much, according to a new study. 

The Georgia Board of Natural Resources has rejected a petition aimed at protecting diamondback terrapins from crab nets, but state wildlife experts will perform a statewide terrapin survey and study methods for protecting the unique turtle.

As summer winds down and camping season ramps up, more people are heading outdoors and Georgia’s bears are starting to think about heading in.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Asher Watkins had been tracking a cape buffalo for the kill when the animal instead turned its attack on the hunter.

Here’s what Georgia folks need to know about how to spot the brown recluse spider and what to do if you encounter one.

One dredge spoil island in Brunswick Harbor now hosts about 8,000 nesting pairs of seabirds, but lacks the legal protections afforded by the original rule.

More than 250 diamondback terrapins have been documented along the Jekyll Island Causeway so far this year, with about two-thirds rescued alive.

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."

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

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

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