Everglades
A swampy region in southern Florida, the Everglades are described as a vast, shallow sawgrass (Cladium effusum) marsh with tree islands, wet prairies, and aquatic sloughs, the Everglades ...
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The Bush administration's hand in removing the Everglades from a United Nations list of endangered sites was denounced Friday by a Florida senator.Democrat Bill Nelson characterized it as improper ...
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The Everglades are among America's most famous swamps, with a reputation for mosquitos to match.So we bought repellant for a quick trip to view the swamp and its wildlife there last winter. But on ...
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Florida's Everglades National Park and a rain forest reserve in Honduras have been removed from the U.N.'s list of endangered world cultural sites after improvements in conservation programs, UNESC...
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Environmentalists are hailing a new bill to expand Everglades cleanup by extending the effort to the northern reaches of the ecosystem.A bill lawmakers sent last week to Gov. Charlie Crist doubles ...
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A major Everglades restoration project is stalled because of shoddy work managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a reservoir that could threaten an interstate and nearby communities if levee...
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The multibillion-dollar project to restore the Everglades has come to a near standstill, and the government can no longer estimate how much it will cost or how long it will take, the top federal of...
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Two small planes collided over the Everglades Saturday, crashing into the swamp, and authorities said there were likely no survivors.A Piper aircraft and another plane believed to be a Cessna crash...
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The gun that killed Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor was placed in a sock and thrown into the Everglades, an attorney for one of the suspects said.The four suspects have filed not guilty pleas ...
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Ever seen a live alligator up close and personal, in the wild? Ridden an air boat across a sea of water and grass?You can do all that and more in South Florida at Everglades National Park — h...
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Miami (dpa) - "An alligator has got into someone's garden again!"
- the people of metropolitan Miami hear reports like this every day,
although strictly-speaking, the reptil...
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