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Everything you need to know about Everglades National Park

Guide to Everglades National Park

Here's everything you need to know before planning a trip to Everglades National Park.

The Ultimate Guide To Everglades National Park

Vibrant red insects return to Florida Everglades. They were once thought to be extinct

They are back “after an absence of 35 years,” officials say.

Insect once thought extinct reappears in Florida Everglades

The Must-See National Parks of the East

From mountains that touch the sky to miles of mysterious marshes, the national parks of the east are each one-of-a-kind.

The 122nd Christmas Bird Count in Florida

The 121st Christmas Bird Count in Florida

An Insider's Guide to Everglades & Beyond

Everglades National Park The Everglades ecosystem once stretched across a mosaic of wetlands and subtropical wilderness from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay. Unfortunately, by the mid-1900s nearly half of the slow-moving “river of grass” had been drained to make way for farms and urban development. The park was established in 1947, after decades of activism, to preserve a treasured 1.5 million acres of the ecosystem. The Everglades is a complex mix of salt and freshwater wetlands, hardwood hammocks, and pine rocklands that support a wide variety of flora and fauna. The ecosystem functions as a giant water purifier, filtering and cleaning water that drains from farms and impervious surfaces before reaching Florida Bay and the Ten Thousand Islands. The Everglades also contributes to South Florida’s climate resilience, naturally absorbing the impacts of hurricanes and minimizing coastal erosion and flooding.