Alfred University Professor of English Juliana Gray recently taught a creative writing workshop and read from her work at the Ossabaw Island Writers’ Retreat, off the coast of Georgia. The island and ...

On the northern end of Ossabaw Island, three former slave cabins sit in a perfect row—remains of a plantation that predates the Revolutionary War. Dan Elliott stands next to the cabins one ...

Ossabaw Island has long been an inspiration for artists, and now members of the local art community are partnering on a two-week exhibition fundraiser to help continue that tradition.

Ossabaw Island Ossabaw Island is connected to the mainland by way of Pinpoint. Pinpoint was settled in 1896 by former enslaved persons from Ossabaw, Green and Skidaway islands. Today, Pinpoint is ...

Paradise Stolen Black families were cheated out of their land on Skidaway Island. Now it’s a wealthy white enclave. Alexia Fernández Campbell and Pratheek Rebala July+August 2024 Issue ...

Three historic structures at Ossabaw Island near Savannah will be refurbished after funding was included in this year's state budget.

Every year on one of Savannah, Georgia's pristine barrier islands, emerging and established writers and poets gather to polish their craft. For those who have attended, the Ossabaw Island Writers ...

STERLING - Nine critically endangered Ossabaw Island hogs were born at Davis Farmland in Sterling. Farm co-owner Larry Davis said the baby hogs are "healthy, strong and absolutely adorable." Davis ...

Sea turtle population rebounding thanks to eradication efforts When Meadows arrived on Ossabaw for the first time in 1992, 65% of the island's sea turtle nests did not make it to hatching.

For Ben Wells, Ossabaw Island was a game-changer. His first time there was during a teacher-training program in 2007. He went back the next year as an instructor for Savannah-area middle schoolers ...

Mapping of the complete genome of the obesity-prone Ossabaw pig gives new hope for further insights into human obesity and associated diseases.

The origin of the Ossabaw pig’s tendency to obesity and obesity comorbidities lies within its more than 500 years of natural evolution in isolation on the Ossabaw Island off the coast of Georgia ...