According to “The True Citizen,“ two Southwestern meteorite hunters found fame they weren’t searching for. Just one week after Las Vegas meteorite hunter Ralph “Sonny” Clary, Jr. was interviewed by WJBF News Channel 6, he and Arizona hunter, Michael William Miller, were arrested for criminal trespass in Burke County.

Researchers say Tybee Island’s freshly renourished beach still needs work to ensure that federally-protected loggerhead sea turtles will nest there.

Wind and choppy seas are holding up efforts to free an endangered right whale tangled in fishing gear that was first spotted near Brunswick on the Georgia coast.  Patricia Naessig, aerial survey coordinator for the Wildlife Trust, says the 40-foot whale is now off the coast of Daytona Beach, Fla.

A zebra that was stolen and set loose in a college building as a prank has been taken from his owners because they didn’t have proper wildlife permits. Todd Nims, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told the Newton Citizen that the zebra known as Barcode and another named Jazz were seized Dec. 12 and shipped to a Midwest zoo.

The state Department of Natural Resources is extending the recreational and commercial food shrimp season in Georgia’s coastal waters by two weeks.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources initial investigation says the shooting of one of its officers by a hunter was accidental.

Wildlife officials believe a cougar that was killed at West Point Lake had been in captivity and either escaped or was set free.

Calling all frog speakers. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources needs your help. Wildlife biologists need volunteers for the annual statewide calling frog survey, which starts Jan. 15.

Calling all frog speakers. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources needs your help. Wildlife biologists need volunteers for the annual statewide calling frog survey, which starts Jan. 15.