Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic ...

Surrounding me, five alligators prowled the murky swamp waters, their tails slicing through with a vigor, their cold gaze fixated on me as they inched ever closer. The tension was palpable, punctuated ...

Rainbow swamps occur all over the American South. This one is in Alabama. Photo: Shutterstock The keystone flora in these wetlands is the cypress tree, a plant that is spectacularly well-adapted ...

A new study of bald cypress trees reveals how ancient climate shifts, starting around 500 A.D., drastically shortened tree lifespans.

The Conservation Fund's purchase halted a widely opposed titanium mining proposal near the largest blackwater swamp in North ...

The devastated health of the cypress-tupelo forest is best seen from the swamp’s interior. In a healthy swamp forest, the canopy would be closed, with the leaves of the trees blocking sunlight ...

Area paddlers can disappear into a mystical, magical swamp that's close to home. That is, when conditions are right.

Louisiana is home to lots of natural treasures, and Lake Martin offers one of the best places in the state to experience ...

Around me, five alligators cruised through the brackish swamp water, thrashing their tails with their reptilian eyes locked ...

One of Florida’s rarest and most beloved swamp dwellers, the ghost orchid, could soon see increased protections under the ...

If you have ever walked along the water’s edge, you may have come across a grove of particular-looking trees. Their bark is rather shaggy and peels off in strips.

The cypress trees burned down to the waterline, leaving only their submerged stumps behind. At the time of the invasion, the land around Panyou was mostly swamp, forested with cypress trees.