Bald cypress trees, pictured here at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, are among the tree varieties that will be available for free this week to celebrate Florida Arbor Day. Photo: Kathryn Varn ...

The group, organized by Parish Proud, took part in an environmental initiative aimed at beautifying the park and promoting sustainability by planting 35 native bald cypress trees. Kiara Martin ...

The area that is now Joshua Tree National Park wasn’t always a desert. During the Great Ice Age, also known as the Pleistocene Epoch, there were rivers and lakes as well as Columbian mammoths ...