After a tumultuous year of changing protections, legal challenges and public comments, the confrontation to protect or develop the edge of the Okefenokee Wildlife National Refuge is reaching a fever ...

Every part of the swamp, from its largest predator to its smallest insect, contributes to keeping the system in balance. ” — Milton Walker Jr. MARRERO, LA, UNITED ...

South Florida researchers warn the Everglades face an Asian swamp eel invasion, depleting small fish and starving wading birds, threatening the wetland food web.

FOLKSTON, Ga. – Imagine having a breathtaking national wildlife refuge right in your backyard, where nature thrives and ecosystems flourish. That’s the story of the Okefenokee Swamp, stretching across ...

A video posted online this month shot by a man cruising in a motor boat showed a stretch of canal in the Okefenokee Swamp with dozens and dozens of alligators — likely concentrated in that area ...

At first, it’s a subtle tug. A nibble, really. With a quick strip set, the line goes tight and the dark water roils as a prehistoric air-breather erupts. The fish makes a few more tarpon-like leaps ...

To David Walter Banks, there’s something special about the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater swamp in North America. There’s a mystical quality, the photographer says, that’s hard to explain to ...