Nature and Animals

Florida Fun Fact

  • January 2025
  • Burnt Store Lakes

THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK IS ONE OF THE LARGEST WETLANDS IN THE WORLD

The Everglades is the biggest and most visited of Florida’s three national parks. Not only that, but the Everglades National Park is also the largest remaining subtropical wilderness and continuous stand of sawgrass prairie left in North America. Now, that’s an impressive accolade, but it doesn’t stop there.

It’s also a Unesco World Heritage Site that’s home to unique, endangered, and rare species. These include the American alligator and crocodiles, flamingos, dolphins, the Florida panther, and the Eastern Indigo snake.

The Everglades is truly a place of wonder and not for the faint-hearted, especially if you have herpetophobia (a fear of reptiles).