The heat is taking a toll on Alabamians across the state. Pets and wildlife are struggling as well. Here are expert tips to ...

Marianne Gauldin, from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, explain the public fishing lakes in ...

How to help wildlife in the extreme heat. It's not just pets that struggle in the sweltering heat. Wildlife, especially birds, small mammals and pollinators like bees and butterflies, can suffer ...

Worldwide, the plant grows in only two Alabama counties, in fewer than 10 known populations, according to Al Schotz, a botanist at Auburn University and the state’s natural heritage program. Only one ...

Athens Police urge residents to stay safe amid bear sightings. Report any bear spottings and avoid risky encounters like ...

Black bear sightings in Limestone County are causing concern among residents. Several people in Athens have reported seeing ...

The yellow-billed cuckoo has remained somewhat of a mystery even to scientists, Rhodes told AL.com. Because they are so ...

A conservation group says it will pay $60 million to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that spent ...

ATHENS, Ala. ( WAFF) - Wildlife officials have informed the Athens Police Department of a bear being spotted within city limits. Athens Police Chief Anthony Pressnell says the bear has been seen in ...

Almost 8,000 acres of forest in Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta was in danger of becoming the site of a wood pellet mill. Instead it is now protected as the E.O. Wilson Land Between the Rivers Preserve, ...