THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL Park in South Florida is one of the most fragile wildlands in the United States. Comprising freshwater and saltwater flows, open saw-grass prairies, coral reefs, and islands of pine, cypress, and mangrove forests, this...

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 historically covered most of southeastern Florida, prior to...

The Florida Everglades are subtropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, specifically in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties. Though modified by agricultural development in central...

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 meddling by Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary Todd Willens at a U.N. meeting in June in New...

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 a perfect day spent kayaking through the mangroves of Big Cypress...

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, UNESCO announced Monday.The World Heritage Committee commended the United States "for its investment of scientific and financial...

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 the amount of money going into Everglades cleanup, up to $200 million from the...