In 2021, Richard Rhodes, interpretive naturalist, began to work at the Okefenokee Swamp to lend his expertise as a guide with Okefenokee Adventures. His job is to help visitors see beyond the ...

Louisiana wetlands represent a landscape shaped by constant interaction between water, sediment, and vegetation”— ...

It's no secret that Louisiana's crucially important saltwater and freshwater wetlands have long been fading away. But a new study shows things could get far worse. As the state's saltwater wetlands ...

The Okefenokee Wilderness is one of the last large freshwater swamps that have remained largely pristine, but that could change soon if a company gets approval to mine heavy minerals not far away.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced on Tuesday new regulations to protect freshwater wetlands across the state. The changes, most of ...

On Tuesday, the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) officially began to reconnect the Mississippi River with the Maurepas Swamp, a degraded and submerged swamp forest directly ...

In Cameroon, abandoned mining pits are filling to become dangerous artificial lakes, claiming hundreds of lives and threatening animal species. “Of all the deaths recorded at abandoned mining sites, ...

A stretch of more than 45,000 acres of swampland between New Orleans and Baton Rouge has been slowly dying, killing off ...

The diversion will release up to 2,000 cubic feet per second of freshwater, sediment and nutrients into the swamp during high-river periods. The diversion is designed to revitalize more than 45,000 ...

Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...

Gathered round Martha’s Pond in New Jersey’s iconic Pine Barrens, students in Claude Epstein’s environmental science class were instructed to put down their notebooks and simply observe. Under a big ...