A fire has burned over 25,000 acres in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve. Established in 1974, the preserve protects about 730,000 acres of wild Florida landscape. Fire is a natural and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive fire in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, near a stretch of I-75 dubbed Alligator Alley continued to burn Friday, ...

Light pollution from the Alligator Alcatraz detention center is impacting Big Cypress National Preserve, one of the first designated "dark skies" locations in the eastern U.S. The light pollution is ...

Hurricane Ian devastated the Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk in September 2022. The boardwalk, located in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, has now fully reopened. Reconstruction extended the trail ...

Aug. 19 (UPI) --A Florida man hunting for pythons in the Big Cypress National Preserve captured video when he spotted a snake hitching a ride on the back of a swimming alligator. Bobby Ruiz was ...

A watery wilderness lies between Naples and Miami, a serene Florida landscape of ancient cypress trees, rare orchids and elusive species like the Florida panther. To set foot in Big Cypress National ...

Florida is home to a host of diverse wildlife you can’t find anywhere else. Most people know of manatees and Florida panthers. But you might never have heard of the Big Cypress fox squirrel, a ...

From schlepping through knee-high swamps to spotting roadside alligators, there’s a smorgasbord of adventure in South Florida’s wild and less-trodden Big Cypress National Preserve. “You’ll see a whole ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of most remote, rugged and wild preserves in Florida is making national news after the Big Cypress National Preserve caught on ...

The Big Cypress fox squirrel has had to adapt as its preferred habitat becomes more fragmented. LagunaticPhoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus Eve Bohnett, University of Florida At up to 2 feet, 3 inches ...