In just a few short weeks, the vast and vital Everglades ecosystem will become the focal point of a critical conservation ...

The Conservancy emphasizes the importance of public reporting of python sightings to aid in controlling the invasive species.

Guy Bradley’s mission to protect Florida’s wading birds put him in the crosshairs of poachers—and left a legacy that endures ...

Wading birds across the Everglades had a rough couple of years with annual nesting over the last two seasons below the 10-year average, according to reports compiled by the South Florida Water ...

Nests for egrets, like these pictured in Everglades National Park, are counted every year to measure the health of marshes. Late wet season rainfall and a tropical storm in 2021 produced a banner ...

A positive sign for Southwest Florida’s environment: The population of wading birds in the Everglades is soaring to near-record numbers. Wading birds going about their business in our swamps may ...

Thousands of homes, apartments still empty in hard-hit Island Park Fortunately for the birds, an invasive African snail moved into the Everglades system in 1960s, and the bird population has ...

A bobcat was documented killing and eating a 13-foot Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Alligators, native snakes, and birds of prey are also known to prey on pythons. Burmese pythons are an ...

In the lawless Everglades, the Lacey Act did not put an end to plume hunting. Poachers hid out and slaughtered the birds there with impunity. Five years after the bill's passage, a game warden was ...

Above me, the abiding image of the Everglades: birds of prey cutting dark calligraphic figures in limitless skies. There were hawks and turkey vultures, their wing tips like fingers, and bald ...

As you navigate through narrow creeks and shallow bays just outside Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve, you may spot alligators, manatees and birds. Tourists enjoy the ride ...