Swamps and bogs probably aren’t the first things that come to mind when you think of America’s celebrated landscapes. That’s a shame, since wetlands like these play a crucial role in the health of our ecosystems. In addition to providing unique habitat to the many species that call wetlands home, they filter water, provide a natural buffer from storms, absorb flood waters, and capture carbon from the atmosphere—helping to protect our planet from climate change.
In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
Today in History
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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A desert arts pop-up, just popped up
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Ready, set, read
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Welcome to California
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A sizzling summit hides in the clouds
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Marine Day, Japan
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Castle Frankenstein in Darmstadt, Germany
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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A summertime light show
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World Reef Day
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European fallow deer in England
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Bohemian waxwings in Canada
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Sunbeams across Tartu County, Estonia
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Black History Month
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Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
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The call of the wild in Alaska
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A day for the dolphins
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Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
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A viewer with a view
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Sequential images of a total solar eclipse
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International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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Ceremony Hall at Sweden s Icehotel
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World Honey Bee Day
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These patterns tell a story
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At the shore of an inland sea
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The story of the poinsettia
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International Sloth Day
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So, how long till springtime?
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China s colorful terraced pools
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