America’s sunshine state is a natural playground, with wildlife sanctuaries and conservation-led attractions aimed at ...

Everglades and Biscayne national parks also ... through 730,000 acres that include hardwood hammocks and freshwater cypress swamp. Whereas national parks have stricter rules to protect threatened ...

Dwarf baldcypress, dwarf swamp cypress Latin name: Taxodium distichum ‘Peve Minaret’ Plant size: 6-10′ high by 3′ wide in 10 years USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-11 (marginally in Zone 4) Cultural needs: ...

During the wet season, nearby Lake Okeechobee spills over and flows into the Everglades. Water flows southward through cypress swamps, wet prairies, and mangrove forests, before spilling out into ...

Swallow-tailed kites flash overhead in Florida during the spring months as they hunt just above the tree canopies.

Mike Elfenbein loves to hunt turkeys, which is one of the reasons he is so committed to protecting the Big Cypress National ... for The Green Heart of the Everglades Project.

The bills would allow developers to buy credits for wetlands mitigation far from areas impacted and long before restoration ...

And it’s unclear whether Florida voters, who overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump in last year’s election, will back this ...

Great egrets mix with wood storks and white ibis while hunting in a cypress swamp on Monday ... has launched a push to take over Everglades restoration from the feds. Last year, a judge said ...