Today’s column is the last of a three part series on the Okefenokee Swamp. Part one dealt with the history and ecology of the Okefenokee, part two dealt with the wildlife in the swamp and today’s ...

A yellowthroat warbler sang, “witchety, witchety, witch,” as I carefully made my way through the tangle of an alder swamp one afternoon not long ago. I looked about, hoping to catch a glimpse of its ...

MUNISING, MI – Wildland firefighters are working to contain a fire in a pine and shrub swamp in the Upper Peninsula, officials said. The fire was detected on Wednesday, May 30, according to a news ...

The 6,000-acre wetland lies in a 20-mile-long valley at the eastern edge of the Hudson Highlands near the Connecticut border. From open views of shrub swamp on the Appalachian Trail, to forested hikes ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. There was a sucking sound as my rubber boot sank into the deep black muck. Naturalist Jon Binhammer and I were standing in the middle of a hardwood ...

Here in Florida there are a lot of places where the water meets the land. We do not have the luxury of always living “high and dry,” but we do have the privilege of having water close at all times.

Editor’s note: The following is the second in a series on the history of the Great Swamp. Driving north of Brewster, on Route 22 toward Patterson, the views of typical old road developments, with ...

October is here, which means the Florida native Swamp Sunflower, Helianthus angustifolius, is in full bloom! This plant is great for your landscape, and will fill your yard with bright, vibrant, ...

From the oak forest highlands above the Essex Railway bed north of Middleton Center, a beaver-created scrub-shrub swamp outdoes the Garden of Versailles for diversity and beauty. Last Friday, ...