Articles for tag: georgia wildlife, manatees in Georgia, manatees migration, marine mammals, River Ecosystems, wildlife conservation

A couple of animals that are in the water

Manatees Arriving Early to Georgia Rivers

Suhail Ahmed

Spring came like a soft drumbeat along Georgia’s coast this year, and with it, a surprise: manatees sliding into tidal weeks earlier than many locals remember. Warmer waters are nudging these gentle grazers north sooner, shifting a seasonal rhythm that people and wildlife managers have relied on for decades. The mystery isn’t just about when ...

Hells Canyon Reservoir on Snake River views of Wallowa County from Idaho road. Wallowa County.

Deeper Than the Grand Canyon But Only 2 Million Years Old? Meet Hells Canyon

Suhail Ahmed

While the Grand Canyon’s 1.7-billion-year-old rock layers and 6-million-year-old chasm have long dominated America’s geological imagination, a far deeper and dramatically younger gorge has been hiding in plain sight. Hells Canyon, slicing 2,400 meters (7,900 feet) into the Idaho-Oregon border, is North America’s deepest river gorge, yet a groundbreaking study reveals it was carved in ...