Aerial view of the Devil's Swamp area, with Devil's Swamp Lake in the upper center, ... Pollution concerns about this Louisiana swamp were raised decades ago. A new plan could help.

If the trend continues, Louisiana could lose one of its largest freshwater swamps and a major buffer between Baton Rouge and hurricanes. This Louisiana swamp is dying, but a new, unprecedented ...

First they came for Louisiana’s marshes. Now they may be coming for its swamps. Nutria, an invasive, orange-toothed rodent blamed for eating through several hundred acres of Louisiana marsh each ...

Nutria are described as %27a cross between a beaver and a New York sewer rat%27 Some 5 million nutria now inhabit Louisiana%27s southern coast The 20-pound animals are native to Argentina (NEWSER ...

LOUISIANA PURCHASE HISTORIC STATE PARK — One of the most important landmarks from early U.S. history is tucked away amid a swamp about 90 miles east of Little Rock.

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 ...

For the past 14 years, Ben Pierce has served as the executive director of the Lafayette-based nonprofit Louisiana Swamp Base, as well as the director for Swamp Base’s partner company, ...