Natural Wonders to See Before They Disappear

The Everglades:

This is the only place is where crocodiles and alligators share territory along with cypress swamps, mangroves, saw grass and pine savannahs. The fragile peat bog is at risk from pollution from farms, invasive species, and encroaching development and because 60 percent of the region's water is being diverted to nearby cities and farms, the Everglades are at the present half the size it was in 1900. Even worse is the fact that this wetland is the solitary territory of the Florida panther which stands at a population of less than hundred left in the wild. These big cats may be extinct in the next 40 years as their habitat disappears along with twenty other species like turtles, manatees, and wading birds that are endangered.