Latin name: Taxodium distichum ‘Peve Minaret' Plant size: 6-10′ high by 3′ wide in 10 years USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-11 ...

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is home to some of the oldest cypress trees on the planet, and it's one of the Naples and Fort Myers area's ecological gems.

Once over 50,000 acres, the swamp began shrinking with American colonization and didn't stop until Delaware Wild Lands came along in the 1970s.

A new study has corroborated an account of the Han conquest of the Nanyue kingdom in southern China (203-111BC) by ancient historian Sima Qian. The researchers also linked the watershed military ...