Stabbing my walking stick into the muck and sliding my feet forward, I waded into the swamp, one eye on the lookout for alligators, the other trying to spot the elusive orchids that draw so many ...

The great Florida swamp is a terrible place to raise a family. Wading birds with nests in the Everglades worry constantly. Bandits are everywhere. They steal babies and eat them, sometimes in front of ...

First detected in South Florida in the early 2000s, the sleek, snake-like fish — likely introduced through live food markets from Southeast Asia — now glide through the Everglades marshes as if they ...

It is geography that makes the Green Swamp special. The swamp is the starting point for five major river systems – the Withlacoochee, the Oklawaha, the Hillsborough, the Peace and the Kissimmee. It ...