Running out of ideas for entertaining family visiting for the holidays? The solution may be as simple as looking out your window or taking a short golf cart ride to a preserve or nature trail.

Spanish moss absorbs water through tiny scales on its surface, allowing it to retain more water than it needs to survive.

A Cypress Tree covered in Spanish Moss is seen in the Maurepas Swamp in Ruddock, La., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. Credit: AP/Gerald Herbert Besides injecting much-needed nutrients and oxygen into the ...

their branches adorned by wisps of Spanish moss. A beloved recreation site, the swamp also houses bald eagles, ospreys, black bears and alligators and serves as a waystation for hundreds of ...