The first time I heard about the Okefenokee Swamp – a 438,000-acre, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line – ...

(NEXSTAR) – Visitors to Louisiana might fear an alligator encounter, but if you steer clear of a swamp tour, you may miss the story of survival that keeps the region’s most feared predators alive.

It’s not a scary place ... through a canopy of today’s trees, the swamp not only remained, it recovered. The source of its water — precipitation — continues to fill its 700 square ...