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, ...
The invasive Asian swamp eel is threatening the Florida Everglades by disrupting the food web. This predatory fish has caused ...
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 ...
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 ...
“Marsh is not swamp. Marsh is a space of light, where grass grows in water, and water flows into the sky. Slow-moving creeks wander, carrying the orb of the sun with them to the sea, and long-legged ...
Kayaking North Carolina’s coastal plains this summer opens the door to serene flatwater paddling, ancient swamp forests, and hidden coastal marshes. You’ll glide beneath centuries-old bald cypress, ...