For those hoping to catch a glimpse of an American alligator firsthand, the Atchafalaya River Basin is one of the very best places to explore. Regardless of whether you are hoping to find or avoid ...

Is it family vacation time? Look no further than the Atchafalaya Basin. The nation's largest river swamp has something for everyone. The Basin starts near Simmesport and runs 140 miles ...

During this process, the gates are opened that draw water from the Atchafalaya Lake into the ... "Even places where the alligators are burrowed in during the winter time, and even sunken boats ...

Animals being displaced by high water include alligators, armadillo ... least two large levees that extend the length of the Atchafalaya Basin to cut down on encounters between humans and ...

Cameras follow members of this fiercely independent group as they struggle to preserve their way of life in the Atchafalaya Basin during the most important time of the year for them: alligator ...

Originally, the series only followed alligator hunters in the Atchafalaya River Basin. But starting in Season 4, the series expanded to follow other Louisiana hunters as well as those hunting in ...

The Atchafalaya Basin is largely considered the most famous ... Spring and summer are prime time for alligator sightings, though you'll likely see them no matter when you visit.

“We have sea level rise, we have storms, but yet … the Wax Lake Delta remains and continues to grow and reach out into the Atchafalaya Basin,” said Alisha Renfro ... trip on a bright February morning, ...

Stacks of valves, networks of pipes and hulking, two-story-tall tanks litter parts of the swampy landscape of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin ... the once-endangered alligator among many other ...

The Atchafalaya is a mysterious land as much underwater as above Its lush environment is home to alligators egrets black bears and for a time two people who yearned for a simple natural life ...

During a research trip on a bright February morning, alligators meandered through the marshy channels of the Wax Lake Delta, part of the Atchafalaya ... into the Barataria Basin to reverse land ...