Between the buzz of Miami and the breeze of Naples is a Florida wildlife preserve and celestial sweet spot with especially dark skies and impossibly vast stars.

Matthew Schwartz is a 72-year-old environmental advocate who founded the South Florida Wild Lands Association. He developed a love for wilderness areas like Big Cypress National Preserve after moving ...

If you like the Everglades alligators and vast sawgrass marshes, then you’ll love its lesser-known cousin, Big Cypress National Preserve. At Big Cypress, it’s not just the unique ecosystem that grabs ...

A photojournalist captured an image in the Big Cypress National Preserve in California Slough. The photo was taken to express the feeling of being a small part of the larger Everglades ecosystem.