Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...

Community-engaged scholarship is a mucky business. It takes a high tolerance for — and even delight in — ambiguity, a lack of clear paths, no solid ground, simultaneous decay and incubation, ...

Knobby bald cypress tree knees along the water’s edge, wading birds and songbirds at every turn, fishing for the evening meal — this is life at Lake Fausse Pointe State Park. In the middle of the ...

Louisiana’s swamps support a wide range of native wildlife and plant life that many visitors have never encountered ...

Alligators and hogs and squirrels. Oh my! On a recent swamp tour, that's exactly what wriggled through the water and scurried on the banks in Manchac Swamp. Nestled right off the highway in LaPlace, ...

In true Louisiana fashion, alcoholic beverages are available for purchase upon arrival. Yes, even at 9:30 a.m. Each tour is led by a captain, and on a cool Saturday morning in May, Captain Danny led ...