Each tour is led by a captain, and on a cool Saturday morning in May, Captain Danny led the "Cajun Lady" through the swamp and the moss-draped cypress trees. With a Cajun drawl and cheeky humor, he ...

Alligators and hogs and squirrels. Oh my! On a recent swamp tour, that's exactly what wriggled through the water and scurried on the banks in Manchac Swamp. Nestled right off the highway in LaPlace, ...

Turn off that swamp people reality TV show and get a taste of an actual cypress-tupelo swamp in all of its natural glory. Father-son team Butch and Shawn Guchereau invite as many as 19 guests each ...

Lake Martin, La — LAKE MARTIN, La. — We were looking for the big ones — the kind of alligators that give thrills to tourists toting cameras on shallow aluminum boats. After strolling the boardwalk ...

NEW ORLEANS -- As near as 25 minutes from this city's French Quarter, travelers can discover one of the most fascinating ecosystems in the world, teeming with life from microbes to alligators. The ...