The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, which only lives in Georgia and Florida’s Suwannee River Basin, was officially named to the threatened species list in the Federal Register on Thursday.
Following a petition and agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as threatened under the ...
The 2024 sea turtle nesting season in Georgia wrapped up as a slow cycle. With 2,521 nests recorded across 13 coastal beaches, this marked a decrease from previous years.