Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit because they want the federal government to list a rare orchid, found mainly in Florida, as an endangered species. Ghost orchids grow in just a few places in ...

It was September 1975. Roger Hammer packed his camera, six canteens of water, two compasses, an Army jungle hammock, dried fruit, beef jerky, and other light rations before he headed to the Everglades ...

It was September 1975. Roger Hammer packed his camera, six canteens of water, two compasses, an Army jungle hammock, dried fruit, beef jerky, and other light rations before he headed to the Everglades ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The flower is literally a thing of legends, the focal point of books and movies and the victim of ecological crimes. Now several ...

The ghost orchid found in Florida and Cuba, proposed June 4 for Endangered Species Act protections. (Tony Pernas/Center for Biological Diversity) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (CN) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

NAPLES, Fla. – The poachers weren’t intimidated by heat, lightning, mosquitos, venomous snakes, alligators or losing their way in the south Florida swamps. They were there to steal the ghost orchid, a ...

Florida's rare ghost orchid faces serious threats according to environmentalists who've filed a petition to have the flower and its habitat put under critical protection. As the Associated Press ...

If you want to see a ghost orchid in the wild in Florida, typically you will have to hike for a very long time through the watery wilderness of the Everglades. The trek will take you through swamps ...

In “The Orchid Thief,” author Susan Orlean wrote of a “phantom” flower hidden deep in the swamps of Southwest Florida “so bewitching that it could seduce people to pursue it year after year and mile ...

This massive eighty-five thousand acre preserve offers a dense, jungle-like escape showcasing the untouched, spectacular ...

Ghost orchids grow in just a few places in Florida and Cuba. There are only about 1,500 left in Florida, and they are under threat from habitat loss and poachers. Now they are also the subject of a ...

Florida alone boasts the greatest diversity of orchids in the continental U.S., but today, three-fourths of its orchids are listed as endangered or threatened. Humans and their insatiable poaching ...