What happens when a community’s quest for survival clashes with the fate of one of the world's most unique ecosystems? In rural Georgia, the Okefenokee Swamp is at the center of a tense debate.

FOLKSTON, Ga. — Between its size and preservation, there isn’t another place quite like it on earth. It’s located not much more than an hour drive from most of Jacksonville. And yet despite that ...

A Georgia man's encounter with a mass gathering of alligators in the Okefenokee Swamp that was captured on video has prompted researchers to investigate why so many of them congregated in a relatively ...

ATLANTA — University System of Georgia Chancellor and former Gov. Sonny Perdue added his voice to a list of supporters working to preserve the Okefenokee Swamp. On April 17, Perdue sent a letter to ...

Environmentalists are celebrating a rare win of keeping a mining operation from opening up next to a National Wildlife refuge in South Georgia. Environmental groups in Georgia are celebrating a big ...

Hundreds of alligators swarmed Okefenokee Swamp in Fargo, Georgia last week and the video is making viewers uneasy. WSB-TV in Atlanta shared a video on Facebook on Thursday, July 18th shot by a boater ...

GEORGIA — The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday that it would nominate the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, which makes up roughly 92% of the Okefenokee Swamp, for consideration to ...

If you visit the Okefenokee Swamp or other wetlands in South Georgia this time of year, you may hear some peculiar, high-pitched chirping or squeaking that seems to emanate from the thick vegetation.

To David Walter Banks, there’s something special about the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater swamp in North America. There’s a mystical quality, the photographer says, that’s hard to explain to ...

Conservationists are celebrating a win in southern Georgia. On June 20, The Conservation Fund (TCF) announced that it had purchased the land and mineral rights of 7,765 acres adjacent to the ...