To David Walter Banks, there’s something special about the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater swamp in North America. There’s a mystical quality, the photographer says, that’s hard to explain to ...

Want to see a gator in Georgia? Then, here's the most alligator filled places you should head to in the state. World Atlas released this list highlighting swamps, rivers, and lakes filled with this ...

The Okefenokee Swamp is an enormous peat bog 38 miles long by 25 miles wide, created 7,000 years ago. Kenneth Fletcher When I first read about the Okefenokee Swamp as a 10-year-old boy, I immediately ...

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In the heart of South Georgia lies a wild expanse so vast, it makes Atlanta look tiny. The Okefenokee Swamp is one of North America's most pristine and untouched freshwater wetlands. It's also vying ...

Drawing roughly 800,000 visitors each year, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is one of the last intact blackwater swamps in North America and is home to hundreds of plant and animal species, ...

The Okefenokee Swamp is often described as a place like no other on Earth, and as someone who came from halfway across the world, I found myself instantly drawn to its charm. When I first visited the ...

Dear Gov. Kemp and Environmental Protection Division director Jeff Cown: The Okefenokee Swamp has always held a mythical allure, bolstered by tall tales and folk songs my father used to sing about it.

Many scientists feared a now-scuttled plan to mine next to the Okefenokee Swamp would alter the water levels of the refuge. The mining company itself disputed those claims, arguing the water it ...