Everglades National Park, located in southern Florida, is a unique and diverse ecosystem that offers an array of fascinating features and facts. Spanning over 1.5 million acres, it is the largest ...

The only way to see the more remote parts of the Everglades is by boat. Spanning more than 800 square miles of wetlands, ...

How many of you have visited Everglades National Park in southern Florida? Were you amazed at the plethora of plant and ...

Visitors centers: Everglades ... “snakebirds.” National Geographic Young Explorer and conservation biologist Gabriela Tejeda has guided visitors along the park’s Florida Bay coast in boats ...

Here’s what travelers should know about Everglades, the latest national park in USA TODAY’s yearlong series. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. “South Florida is the ...

The Florida Everglades ... many doubted whether the Everglades was even worthy of being a national park. "A swamp is a swamp," scoffed respected zoologist William T. Hornaday.

That version stretches from just south of Orlando to the Florida Keys. Then there's the River of Grass, which stretches from Lake Okeechobee to the coastal heart of the park. Everglades National ...

A spoonbill in flight at Everglades National Park. The storied, old restaurant with its sweeping views of Florida Bay is now home to a new visitor center. Opened in the 1960s, the pink concrete ...

As an alternative to RV or tent camping, visitors to Florida’s Everglades National Park can now check into Flamingo Lodge, the park’s only hotel accommodations. Spanning 1.5 million acres ...

Plip, plop, plip. Droplets of water fall from your paddle blade and splatter lightly on calm waters as you glide along just feet from a pristine beach in one of the most remote areas east of the ...