Laura Comeaux’s rubber boots squelched in the mire as she trekked through her family land, 128 acres of intermittently flooding forest situated on a sharp bend in the Mississippi River. Morning light ...

The A.E. LeBlanc old-growth cypress forest in Iberville Parish is one of the rarest places left in our nation — a living remnant of the once-vast cypress forests that blanketed Louisiana. With trees ...

The scenic boardwalk in Beidler Forest in South Carolina's Lowcountry. The forest is the largest uncut cypress-tupelo swamp in the world, with some trees that have been growing for more than a ...

While these ancient trees provide a window on our climate past, their siblings closer to the coast are teaching us an equally important lesson about our climate future. Even though bald cypresses are ...