The Okefenokee is huge, covering hundreds of miles, but it is shallow — only two feet deep in many places — and it isn’t fed by any waterways. Rain is the swamp’s only source of replenishment.

Wetlands act like sponges, especially areas like vernal pools,” said Cadence Richard, a seasonal naturalist with JAMPD. “If ...

Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous ...

It’s clearly in humans’ fiscal interest to preserve the places that hold water on the landscape. Wetlands are not just ...

From the cypress swamps in the south to the pinelands of the Panhandle, it’s a place like no other. Moments of early-morning quiet in a deer stand are some of my favorites to recall.

County official said it will be years before a decision is made on the park and its pine flatwoods, open meadows, cypress swamps and oak hammocks.