ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced on Tuesday new regulations to protect freshwater wetlands across the state. The changes, most of ...

On Tuesday, the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) officially began to reconnect the Mississippi River with the Maurepas Swamp, a degraded and submerged swamp forest directly ...

It's no secret that Louisiana's crucially important saltwater and freshwater wetlands have long been fading away. But a new study shows things could get far worse. As the state's saltwater wetlands ...

In Cameroon, abandoned mining pits are filling to become dangerous artificial lakes, claiming hundreds of lives and threatening animal species. “Of all the deaths recorded at abandoned mining sites, ...

The Okefenokee Wilderness is one of the last large freshwater swamps that have remained largely pristine, but that could change soon if a company gets approval to mine heavy minerals not far away.

Gathered round Martha’s Pond in New Jersey’s iconic Pine Barrens, students in Claude Epstein’s environmental science class were instructed to put down their notebooks and simply observe. Under a big ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Ground was broken Tuesday, December 3, on a project to help revitalize the Maurepas Swamp’s more than 45,000 acres. According to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and ...

David White, a professor of biological sciences at Loyola University and leader of this trip, braves a standing position in the canoe as Byron Almquist of canoeandtrail.com paddles him forward. More ...