With large cypress tree forests, vast wetlands, and an abundance of wildlife, this Louisiana natural wonder is a lookalike of ...

The southern U.S. is home to a massive alligator population, and these lakes see more than any other in the country.

In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers against hurricanes and extreme weather.

(via PBS Terra) In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers against hurricanes and extreme weather. Spanning a million acres, these ...

Cypress trees that have managed to regenerate in the basin are dwarfed by their predecessors. Relatively sparse in number, second-growth trees are probably younger than 100 years old and average 2 ...

The Atchafalaya Basin, the world's most productive swamp, according to the news release, is critical to Cajun culture, supporting its ecosystem of cypress-tupelo swamps, fueling the local fishing ...

A high water marker was placed on a cypress tree during the 2011 river flood. “There was white water all through the woods in here, as the water was just, it was like a 15-mile wide river going ...

Cypress tree knees emerge from the water in an area of Aurora’s acreage in the Atchafalaya swamp on Thursday, June 20, 2024 north of Melville, Louisiana. STAFF PHOTO BY MICHAEL JOHNSON ...

The very name Atchafalaya is associated the world over with the Cajuns of its great basin. Its origins at Three Rivers is hard to define, but as it rolls past Fort DeRussy and the Simmesport Fish ...