Wildlife Encounters on Louisiana Swamp Tours: What Animals May AppearMARRERO, LA, UNITED STATES, June 11, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Louisiana’s swamps and bayous are home to one of the most diverse ...

Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center is something special in urban Louisiana. It's a genuine swamp experience that just happens to be completely surrounded by city development. Step off that busy boulevard ...

Discover how The Atchafalaya Basin protects Louisiana's coast from hurricanes. In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers ...

But the swamp offers more than wildlife. It has a beauty of its own. Tall cypress trees draped with Spanish moss form a vast maze where one could easily get lost without a guide.

Dozens of volunteers planted 600 cypress trees near a Madisonville lighthouse on Tuesday morning, organized in connection with the NFL ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans.

Related: The 11 Best Grow Lights to Help Your Plants Thrive, Based on Testing 3. Water Regularly Lemon cypress trees need to be watered regularly, but it’s important not to overdo it.

Deprived of nutrients from the stanched Mississippi River, the swamp’s iconic trees are dying in stagnant water. Yet they’re now set to receive a life-saving boost.

GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river ...

The 176 square mile Maurepas Swamp, a state wildlife refuge, holds Louisiana’s second largest contiguous forest filled with water tupelo and bald cypress trees.

The 176 square mile (456 square kilometers) Maurepas Swamp just to the west of New Orleans holds Louisiana's second largest contiguous forest, a beloved state wildlife refuge filled with water tupelo ...

The 176 square mile Maurepas Swamp, a state wildlife refuge, holds Louisiana’s second largest contiguous forest filled with water tupelo and bald cypress trees.