Opposite the old Everglades bank is the Rod & Gun Club, which grew out of an 1890s trading post. The place is a juicy slice of Americana with its dark wooden furniture and floors, tasseled lampshades, ...

EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. (Reuters) - As Hurricane Irma raged through Everglades City, a tiny fishing village in a vast alligator-infested swamp, Howie Grimm hunkered down inside his house with his ...

For those with important, high-stress jobs, it can be vital to find the time and space to disconnect and recharge. That includes U.S. presidents, who need R&R just as much (or more than) the rest of ...

At Shark Valley, I took a rental bike and set off in the direction of an observation tower. The path led across a watery prairie feathered with saw grass. It was late in the day, and I was alone.

At first, the idea of carving a highway through the Everglades ran into opposition — but not for what you'd think.

Note: The following contains excerpts from a Sept. 9, 2016, article in The News-Press entitled “History of flushing Lake Okeechobee dates back to 1800s” by Cynthia A. Williams. From Lake Okeechobee to ...

Before we waded into the swamp, we'd been having a decent time. We'd driven out the day before from Miami. All along the Tamiami Trail, a two-lane highway that runs east-west from Miami to Naples ...

It’s been more than a decade since toxic algal blooms caused Lake Erie’s western shore to turn bright green and the residents of Toledo to lose water for four days. Since then, many scientists and ...

Note: The following contains excerpts from a Sept. 9, 2016, article in The News-Press entitled “History of flushing Lake Okeechobee dates back to 1800s” by Cynthia A. Williams. From Lake Okeechobee to ...