Dive into swamps, rivers and flood plains with the local and varied widlife. Wetland Animals dives into the swamps, rivers and flood plains of Florida’s Everglades, Botswana’s Okavango Delta, Kakadu ...

A close-up of a beaver swimming in a pond, surrounded by lush greenery and aquatic plants.© Pavel Mikoska/Shutterstock.com Beavers were once a common sight in Northern European countries like Poland, ...

Fishing cats are uniquely adapted to life in wetlands, possessing a double-layered coat that serves as a water barrier and insulation, partially webbed feet, ears that plug when submerged, and a ...

Tiny Red Dragonflies Returned to a Protected Wetland and the Sight Is Reminding People What Rare Really Means ...

A field begins to flood after harvest near Knights Landing, California. Paying rice farmers to create “pop-up” migratory bird habitat has since created tens of thousands of acres of temporary wetlands ...

Wetlands represent some of the most productive and species-rich ecosystems on the planet, offering vital services for water filtration, flood control and carbon storage. They also provide critical ...

Streams and rivers change shape over time as they wind through a landscape. It’s common for big outer loops to get cut off from the main channel, leaving behind u-shaped oxbow lakes and wetlands. When ...

SAIJO, Ehime -- The scarlet dwarf, known as Japan's smallest dragonfly species, has begun appearing in a wetland in this ...

In 1855, the Point Elliot Treaty permitted wetland drainage, and ceded Whatcom, Skagit and King counties, as well as the San Juan Islands and part of Pierce County to white settlers. Five years ...