Plip, plop, plip. Droplets of water fall from your paddle blade and splatter lightly on calm waters as you glide along just feet from a pristine beach in one of the most remote areas east of the ...

Spanning more than 800 square miles of wetlands, Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States—a place where land and water blur into one. While you can drive ...

Airboat rides are one of the family-friendly activities that make Miami a popular vacation spot for people with kids. Pedro Portal EL Nuevo Herald Everglades National Park is one of the most popular ...

The Roseate Spoonbill, its pink feathers only outdone by the hot pink stripe on each wing, wades through the tall grass of the marshes we observe from our airboat. The sun picks up the pink hues as it ...

From the very beginning, Everglades was not like other national parks. “It was the first national park set aside for its biodiversity of plants and animals,” explained Allyson Gantt, spokesperson for ...

Visitors centers: Everglades has four: Ernest F. Coe near Miami, Guy Bradley in Flamingo, Gulf Coast in Everglades City, and Shark Valley off the Tamiami Trail highway. All are open daily; check ...

The federal government shutdown is affecting national parks in South Florida. An alert on the National Park Service website advises that "national parks remain as accessible as possible during the ...