A scene straight out of a horror movie greeted researchers when they shined lights on a dark Georgia swamp and saw hundreds of red eyes staring back, photos show. It happened at the Okefenokee Swamp, ...

After years of effort, lawmakers in Georgia have finally secured a purchase to protect land near the Okefenokee Swamp from a proposed mining project, according to reporting by The Conservation Fund.

In 2019, naturalists said the swamp was under threat after a mineral company that owned land three miles away sought permits to mine zirconium and titanium.