The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

Past research on monarch butterflies suggested their populations are declining because of diminishing winter colonies. But a new study finds it may be more complicated.

UGA entomologist Jena Johnson studies mosquitoes through macro photography. 

Georgia is home to 83 species of turtles, lizards, snakes and the alligator, and most live on the coast.

This year's North Atlantic right whale calving season has ended with 15 calves spotted off the Georgia, Florida and Carolina coasts. It's not enough.

Georgia's wildlife agency is asking residents to report sightings of an invasive lizard that can pose a threat to native species. The Department of Natural Resources is trying to locate and remove South American tegus from Georgia before the lizards can thrive in greater numbers.

When a white woman called police on a Black man bird-watching in Central Park in 2020, their recorded encounter led Corina Newsome to act.

One of the co-organizers of Black Birders Week, she is countering the perception that naturalist means white.

Two House bills were passed today in the Georgia Senate.

Lawmakers are one General Assembly vote away from making raccoons and opossums fair game year-round.

The ruling by a U.S. district judge puts a spotlight on a species whose recovery from near-extinction has been heralded as a historic conservation success.

As the climate gets hotter, plants could need to move to new habitats. But animals that eat their fruit and help spread the seeds are disappearing.

Researchers who detected environmental DNA, or eDNA, in two zoos say the technique could one day be used to look for endangered species in remote locations in the wild.

Whale Week is underway in Savannah, Ga., from Nov. 15 through Nov. 21, 2021. Each year between November and April, endangered North Atlantic right whales, Georgia's official state marine mammal, migrate to the Southeast's warmer waters to calve. All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington talks to Paulita Bennett-Martin, a co-founder of Whale Week.

A sturgeon tagged and released 16 years ago was recaptured last week in northwestern Georgia, and state officials say it more than doubled in size in that time.

Loggerheads didn't break their records but stayed on track for recovery.