Area paddlers can disappear into a mystical, magical swamp that's close to home. That is, when conditions are right.

Just over a ridge west of Fairbanks, Minto Flats is an oval of swampy lowlands larger than Anchorage. The flats are a quiet expanse that has for longer than anyone’s memory produced moose, ...

In late winter, in the swampy lowlands of the northeastern United States, you might catch a whiff of rotting flesh. The unlikely source is flowers—maroon pointy things, the size of fists, that ...

In the lush prehistoric jungles of what is now northern Colombia, a colossal predator once ruled the swampy lowlands. The Titanoboa cerrejonensis, a now-extinct snake species, is believed to be ...

High water levels at Beaver Lake create a swamp environment on the War Eagle River arm of the lake, two miles downstream from War Eagle Mill. Exploring by canoe or kayak is an ideal way to see it.