Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Dismal Swamp is home to one of Virginia’s highest concentrations of black bears, according to the Virginia Department of ...

FOLKSTON, Ga. — The West Mims fire in the Okefenokee Swamp area has already grown to a size that makes it bigger than many Georgia counties, including Rockdale, and it's expected to burn for months.

President Joe Biden on Friday began the process of designating the Great Dismal Swamp as a National Heritage Area in recognition of its history and connections with local Indigenous tribes and African ...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Rep. Donald McEachin announced he is reintroducing the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act. McEachin says the bill will “provide local and regional communities with the ...

For as many years as they’ve spent in the swamps, Bruce Scharwath and Jim Boyce knew it was time to hunt the big buck they’d seen cross levees between their Timberton acreage and next-door neighbors, ...

MASON - A distant rumble accented the gathering twilight on Tuesday at Bibon Swamp State Natural Area near Mason. Closer at hand, dozens of lightning bugs painted orange-white streaks over the marsh ...

As far back as the 1960s, concerns were being raised over pollution at Devil's Swamp, where families once crawfished and hunted north of Baton Rouge. "When will we ever be able to lift the advisory ...