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Scarborough, Maine

Scarborough Marsh

Maine’s largest salt marsh hides old roads, drainage ditches, and the remains of a canal once cut through its grasses.
Bellevue, Washington

Mercer Slough Nature Park

This 329-acre nature park is Lake Washington's largest remaining wetland ecosystem.
Biosphere 2 campus (2016)
science

Biosphere 2: How Volunteers Survived for 2 Years in an Airtight Habitat

This 1991 experiment spawned a wave of new research about engineering, agriculture, and space exploration.
The Podcast Team July 11, 2025
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Hockomock Swamp

Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.
Abu Haider, a famed Marsh Arab guide, and his wife, Um Haider, in the Central Marshes of Iraq.
dams

In Iraq, the Marsh Arabs of Hawizeh Persevere in a Changing Landscape

Linked to the biblical Garden of Eden, the Mesopotamian marshes—and their people—have endured decades of environmental destruction.
Leon McCarron November 8, 2023
Conway, South Carolina

Venus Flytraps at Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.
A bald eagle catches a coot in its talons at Orlando Wetlands Park in February 2023. The park—a natural wastewater treatment facility—attracts more than 230 bird species, as well as alligators, turtles, bobcats, and other wildlife.
science

This Orlando Water Park Is Wild. No, Really.

At Orlando Wetlands Park, water goes for a ride—through a natural filtration process—and attracts birds, gators, and more.
Gemma Tarlach May 9, 2023
There are many depictions of the bunyip, but one common iteration is a cow-sized, aquatic wombat-like creature.
cryptozoology

The Child-Eating Bunyip Haunts Australia’s Wetlands

But its complex Aboriginal Australian origins have today been commodified and suppressed.
Sarah Durn May 1, 2023
Multispectral imaging depicts destruction of the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland. In this map, reds show healthy foliage along the Rio São Lourenço, yellows show stressed plant life, while blues and blacks indicate where the forest has died.
science

Through an Artist’s Eye, Scientific Tools Help Tell Vital Stories

Striking work by photographer Richard Mosse shows how merging art and technology can cut through dry data.
Anita Makri December 27, 2022
The rougarou, the Cajun cryptid said to haunt Louisiana's wetlands, is the mascot of a conservation effort for its traditional habitat.
monsters

The Rougarou, Beast of the Louisiana Bayou, Gets a Makeover

One man hopes to turn the wolfish cryptid into a mascot for saving the state's imperiled wetlands.
Joel Balsam October 19, 2022
A levee divides wetlands and a salt pond, colored vibrant red by halobacteria, in San Francisco's South Bay.
birds

Vivid Images Capture A Stunning Shift in San Francisco's Salty South Bay

An ambitious wetlands restoration project attempts to balance a return to the area's ecological past and the realities of a changing future.
Skylar Knight August 29, 2022
Looking out over the wetlands.
Alexandria, Virginia

Jackson M. Abbott Wetland Refuge

Dedicated to a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was also a bird watcher and artist.
A debilitated caiman is carried by GRAD leader Carla Sassi, on a bridge in Poconé, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
disasters

When Disaster Strikes in Brazil, This Pioneering Veterinarian Jumps Into Action

Carla Sassi is helping to develop new ways to save the country's animals from peril.
João Velozo July 7, 2022
Sudd wetland
South Sudan

Sudd Wetland

The inhabitants of the world’s largest wetland have learned to navigate its dramatic seasonal changes.
A sculpture of a Massasauga rattler in the play area.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Animals of the Huron River Statues

These statues pay homage to the "green corridor" of parks and wetlands.
List

15 Florida Places to Be Nurtured By Nature

The Sunshine State is a non-stop playground for nature-lovers of all ages.
Vista along Leg O Mutton from one of the benches- all this could have been a shopping centre
London, England

Leg o' Mutton Reservoir and Park

This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.
The former reservoir's Basin #2.
Queens, New York

Ridgewood Reservoir

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.