1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer Hamilton Disston buys 4 million acres and begins efforts to drain the Everglades. 1906: The first dredging project began in South ...

BATTLEGROUND EVERGLADES explores the struggle to save one of the world's most revered wetlands: Florida's Everglades. Devastated by a century of drainage and development, the entire Everglades ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: On your way to or from the Everglades, stop at Robert Is Here Fruit Stand to see exotic fruits you've never even heard of, and order a tropical milkshake or smoothie with ...

PORT EVERGLADES, Florida (WFOR) — The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded nearly 46,000 pounds of seized illegal drugs Thursday morning at Port Everglades. The drugs, worth more than $517.5 million ...

EVERGLADES OF THE NORTH: THE STORY OF THE GRAND KANKAKEE MARSH is a missing piece of American ecology that compels the viewer to consider the vital role wetlands and prairies play in our ecosystem ...