In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers against hurricanes and extreme weather. Spanning a million acres, these nearly indestructible ...

There's only one sit-down restaurant in Pierre Part, Landry's Seafood, serving up regional delicacies such as fried frog legs, alligator nuggets, turtle sauce piquante, and other Cajun and Creole ...

The ninth annual "Save the Basin," a celebration of the Atchafalaya Basin, will be Sunday, March 16, at Rock and Bowl in downtown Lafayette. The event will feature live music from Louisiana artists, ...

Each episode of NBC's The Americas focuses on a specific region of the American supercontinent. For an hour, narrator Tom Hanks takes us up close and personal with natural stories happening in faraway ...

Editor's note: The writer and her family spent three summers exploring state, national and provincial parks, traveling by minivan from Louisiana to Alaska, to Nova Scotia, and all along the ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Atchafalaya Basinkeeper will host its ninth annual “Save the Basin” event in Lafayette. The Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, a member organization of Waterkeeper Alliance, was founded ...

Dean Wilson arrived in Louisiana from San Sebastian, Spain, with a bow and arrows, a spear and several hooks. His ultimate destination was the Amazon. But he first needed to get used to humidity, so ...

WASHINGTON – Though much legislation is being held up by partisan bickering during the last month of a lame duck Congress, both parties can agree on including Lafourche Parish in the 14-parish ...

American alligators are the largest species of reptile in North America, and Louisiana has one of the largest alligator populations in the U.S. Alligators are equipped with short, thick appendages ...

ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KLFY) – A man who went missing while hunting in the swampy Atchafalaya Basin yesterday has been found alive. Captain Wendell Raborn said Cody Abshire, of Scott, was found just ...

Atchafalaya Basinkeeper announced it will host its ninth annual Save the Basin, celebrating and supporting one of the area’s most important swamps. The all-day event will be Sunday, March 16, at Rock ...