That anomaly of our topography feels like Mississippi or Louisiana more than Illinois with bald cypress, tupelo, slow waters and swamps. Rhine brought out a map and suggested a four-hour paddle.

BELKNAP, Ill. -- Along the Cache River in Southern Illinois, the geographic properties of four regions of the United States meet. In this unique spot, the landscape, animals and plants of the ...

Swamp rabbits, marsh rice rats, white-tailed deer, salamanders, foxes and coyotes are among the creatures in the eclectic life and academic background of Eric Schauber. Meet Illinois’ state ...

A cypress swamp is one of the most majestic natural ecosystems in the Southeast. But the beauty of the swamp is nothing to lose your head over.