The Big Thicket is, as its name suggests, a densely forested area. However, it is much more than just that. The Big Thicket ...

Big Cypress National Preserve is located near Ochopee, Florida. In this episode of NatureScene, SCETV host Jim Welch along with naturalist Rudy Mancke take us to Big Cypress National Preserve.

Collier commissioners voted unanimously to reject the proposed site for a new 350- foot-tall cell tower near Big Cypress National Preserve.

Big Cypress National Preserve protects over 700,000 acres of the Big Cypress Swamp in Southwest Florida. It was established as the nation’s first national preserve thanks to local conservations ...

MIAMI - A nursery raid of sorts in the Big Cypress National Preserve landed a couple of Burmese python big mamas, their hatchlings, and nearly two dozen eggs. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Preservationists are rallying to purchase the mineral rights beneath the 450,015 acres of the Big Cypress National Preserve and the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge.

Big Cypress National Preserve is too valuable to allow more oil drilling within its borders. The federal government should acquire the oil and mineral rights that lie underneath the preserve.

Preservationists are rallying to purchase the mineral rights beneath the 450,015 acres of the Big Cypress National Preserve and the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge.

The National Park Service ignited a prescribed burn at Big Cypress National Preserve on Monday, June 9 as part of a fuel management plan.

America’s first nationally designated preserve is in Southwest Florida’s backyard, and it is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

The National Parks Service is considering declaring parts of Big Cypress National preserve as wilderness, a move that the Miccosukee and ‘Gladesmen’ say could lock them out of the land.

The Environmental Protection Agency should intervene to prevent any future oil drilling in the Florida preserve, national park supporters said.