Down along the state line in Frankford exists Delaware’s largest freshwater wetland and contiguous block of forest, and perhaps its last truly wild land: the Great Cypress Swamp. At one time, the ...

Strange folklore haunts Great Cypress Swamp near Selbyville, tales allegedly connected to a plane crash, runaway slaves, and a woman who survived a grisly murder. One of the strangest stories inspired ...

“The Swamp” makes up about 10,000 acres of land in Sussex County, Del. and Worcester County, Md. Although that may seem like a lot, at one point there was an estimated 60,000 acres.

Trap Pond has been closed to swimmers for 25 years, but with officials breaking ground on the Laurel-area state park's ...

Once a low-yield agricultural field, the 80-acre “Long Field” now consists of seven interconnected wetland cells that create a dynamic land- and waterscape. Completed just weeks ago, this project is ...

Southern Sussex County's Great Cypress Swamp used to encompass over 50,000 acres, but was nearly destroyed by centuries of fires, logging, ditching and draining. Today, nonprofit Delaware Wild Lands ...