Jacob Groby is so confident in the quality of the wastewater treated by the Mandeville sewage plant that, on a recent Thursday morning, he stood by a discharge pipe and cupped his hands. The water, ...

The volunteers tromped through the marsh, trying to avoid patches of brackish, black mud that threatened to engulf their shoes if they weren’t careful. In each hand, they carried spindly red swamp ...

Every part of the swamp, from its largest predator to its smallest insect, contributes to keeping the system in balance. ” — Milton Walker Jr. MARRERO, LA, UNITED ...

One of the chief menaces to Audubon's beloved Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is an unexpected foe. Most of Florida's invasive plant villains are exotics like melaleuca, Brazilian pepper, Old World climbing ...

Wetlands like freshwater ponds, swamps, and marshes are excellent natural water purifiers. They are also uniquely equipped to improve water clarity and quality through the removal of kicked-up ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is actively promoting hunting and consumption of wild nutria as a strategy for controlling growing numbers of the invasive rodent species that are eating their way ...

First they came for Louisiana’s marshes. Now they may be coming for its swamps. Nutria, an invasive, orange-toothed rodent blamed for eating through several hundred acres of Louisiana marsh each year, ...