The Okefenokee Swamp is a large blackwater wetland that straddles the ... Located in Southwest Georgia, Lake Blackshear is a popular spot for fishing and boating. It was created by damming the Flint ...

There’s something in the water — and in the gators. A University of Georgia ecotoxicology study found there may be elevated levels of mercury in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. The alligators were from ...

An alligator at the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge. A new study shows the gators at the Okefenokee have higher levels of mercury in them than other places in the South. Kristen Zemaitis Researchers found ...

On a blast furnace of an August day in Georgia's southernmost county, Joe Hopkins gripped the steering wheel to steady his truck on the sandy road. Outside, seemingly endless rows of neatly spaced ...

There's something in the water — and in the gators. A University of Georgia ecotoxicology study found there may be elevated levels of mercury in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp. Researchers from the ...

Josh Howard has been coming to Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp for 50 years, starting with his grandfather taking him there, then taking his own children. He knows just about every inch of the place. "We ...