Océan, Mississippi Watershed,” Floc’h, a French photographer, drove 13,000 miles tracking the river system that touches more ...

The Mississippi River drains more than 40% of the continental U.S. ... “It may not look like a plastic beverage bottle by the time it gets to the ocean, but it’s still there,” Wendt said.

Water levels on the Mississippi River are nearing historic lows for the second consecutive year, triggering a drinking water emergency in Louisiana as ocean water flows upstream, unimpeded by the ...

The mouth of the Mississippi River is the arena for a kind of wrestling match. In one corner of the ring is the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico, and in the other, the river’s fresh water.

Water levels on the Mississippi River are nearing historic lows for the second consecutive year, triggering a drinking water emergency in Louisiana as ocean water flows upstream, unimpeded by the ...

The Mississippi River is home to one particular reptilian apex predator–the American alligator. Alligators favor this famous North American river as a preferred habitat as it provides them ...

The Mississippi River is receding to historic lows amid drought across the Midwest.; Barges are getting stuck on sandbars and forced to reduce their cargo, disrupting a critical shipping route ...

American Queen Voyages may be out, but U.S. river cruising is surging, including on the Mississippi, which offers a more laid-back alternative to ocean cruising.

Water levels along the Mississippi River are plummeting for the second year in a row after this summer’s blistering heat and low rainfall triggered extreme drought across parts of the Central US.

Oh, sure, the Mississippi River has been low this fall, low enough to expose some long-sunken boats — and even the fossilized jaw of the American lion that's been extinct for 11,000 years. But ...

New Theory for What Caused Earth's Second-Largest Mass Extinction. Scientists have been trying to unravel what killed nearly all of Earth’s animals 400 million years ago.

The Mississippi River drains more than 40 percent of the continental U.S. – just how much trash does it take along with it?