5 Gnarly Plants in the Okefenokee Swamp, From Digestive Slime to Earth's Fastest Predator

5 gnarly plants in the Okefenokee Swamp, from digestive slime to Earth's fastest predator

It may be a habitat more fit for alligators, mosquitoes, and a banjo-strumming frog, but Georgia’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (aka the Okefenokee Swamp) is officially a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the 27th World Heritage Site in the United States, the first in the Peach State, and the first new natural World Heritage Site in the U.S. added in over 30 years. North America’s largest blackwater swamp, the Okefenokee is a biodiverse w…

Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp joins UNESCO's World Heritage List, alongside the Grand Canyon

Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp has officially joined one of the world's most recognized conservation lists. It's a move that could bring new attention to — and potentially increase pressure to protect — one of North America's most significant wetland ecosystems. By making the refuge a World Heritage Site, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization — or UNESCO — has placed it on the same roster as places like the Grand Cany…

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization adds Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to World Heritage list

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has become Georgia's first UNESCO World Heritage site, a historic designation announced Saturday at a committee session in South Korea.