The country’s first national preserve, Big Cypress protects 729,000 acres of wetlands that flow clean water across the Greater Everglades ecosystem, into Everglades National Park, and into the vital ...

Big Cypress National Preserve is a fundamental component of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem that includes, to its south and east respectively, Everglades and Biscayne National Parks. The Greater ...

There is a shrinking potential to increase the amount of official wilderness in the country. The possibilities are waning ...

WASHINGTON— More than 100 conservation groups and businesses urged the U.S. Department of the Interior today to deny requests to drill for oil in Big Cypress National Preserve. The preserve, which is ...

BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, Fla.— At 9 a.m. on Saturday conservation advocates Betty Osceola and the Rev. Houston Cypress will lead environmental leaders and the media on a socially distanced hike ...

Over the past decade, Loop Road has become more than just a scenic drive for me — it has transformed into a trusted companion ...

Did you know South Florida has three national parks and a national preserve right in our backyard? Big Cypress National Preserve is located in eastern Collier County, about an hour's drive from ...

Burmese pythons have proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of Florida. How many of the invasive snakes live here and where?

In a region of the Everglades now known as the Big Cypress National Preserve, environmental activist and Miccosukee tribe member Betty Osceola learned as a child to spear hunt and subsist off the land ...

Luckily, anyone with a car can make the trek to Big Cypress National Preserve. Big Cypress is approximately 80 miles west of downtown Miami and an easy jaunt on U.S. 41. Big Cypress boasts more ...

Read full article: Photographer captures photo of lurking alligators in Florida Swamp The photo captures dozens of alligators lurking in the Big Cypress National Preserve in south Florida.