Southern Sussex County's Great Cypress Swamp used to encompass over 50,000 acres, but was nearly destroyed by centuries of fires, logging, ditching and draining. Today, nonprofit Delaware Wild ...

This incredible slice of the Lowcounty gives you a chance to view ancient trees, search for colorful birds, and relax along a ...

Down along the state line in Frankford exists Delaware’s largest freshwater wetland and contiguous block of forest, and perhaps its last truly wild land: the Great Cypress Swamp. At one time ...

Since the 1930s, Louisiana’s bald cypress swamps have been reduced by about 80% due to logging, saltwater intrusion and other factors.

Big Cypress is Unique From the Everglades While it’s part of the greater Everglades ecosystem, Big Cypress is a swamp. The Everglades, alternatively, is a slow-moving river of grass.

A cypress-tupelo forest in the Ivory Swamp. The same Ivory Swamp cypress-tupelo forest after loggers cut its larger cypress trees for mulch.

The mystery and brilliance of the 1950s Big Cypress-Everglades era will be on display this weekend at the Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County. The National Park Service is ...