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.

Submitted. The Orianne Society out of Tiger, Ga. has been tracking and researching Spotted Turtles extensively across the ...

Loggerhead sea turtles, a threatened species, return each year to Georgia’s coastal beaches to lay their eggs.

According to the Department of Natural Resouces (DNR) daily nest monitoring on all Georgia beaches starts in mid-May. This year though, Will Hicks and Bailey Yarborough of the Jekyll Island Authority ...

Georgia’s 2025 loggerhead sea turtle nesting season is officially underway after the first nest was discovered on Jekyll ...

Sea turtle nesting season is here, and Georgia’s first nest has already been reported. Glynn County locals woke up to find a nest just south of Glory Beach on Jekyll Island, according to the ...

Georgia and Florida have their share of gators, turtles, snakes and iguanas. Now add Argentine tegus to the mix. Here's where to spot them.

JEKYLL ISLAND, GA — Loggerhead sea turtles are already making their way ashore along Georgia’s coast to begin the annual nesting season, with the first nest of the year discovered on May 1st ...

May 5, 2025 - Georgia’s nesting season for loggerhead sea turtles began with a first nest discovery on Jekyll Island. “It’s like clockwork, we always get our first nest during the first week of May,” ...