The study was looking at issues vital to Louisiana and beyond, with implications on shipping, flooding and drinking water ...

Dubuque, Iowa has a growing community of retirees who enjoy its scenic setting on the river, its vibrant arts and cultural ...

On an outdoor deck at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minnesota, a telescope rests with its lens facing toward a sandbar along the Mississippi River. I peek through the eyepiece and two bald ...

A Viking Mississippi River cruise from New Orleans to Memphis blends comfort with deep cultural discovery. Included shore ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future, according to an environmental group based in Washington ...

Xcel Energy and its partners received approval Feb. 5 from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to move forward with its Mankato–Mississippi River Transmission Project, which will add about ...

American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, has issued an annual list of U.S. rivers it views as most at-risk for the past 40 years. The Mississippi River is the nation’s most ...

For those who missed the news bulletin, Mississippi is a pretty wet place. It's home to 4 million acres of wetlands, tons of swamps, marshes, estuaries, and deltas, is the fourth most humid state in ...

One Mississippi, an environmental advocacy group, is declaring June 2 the first-ever National Mississippi River Day. Multiple river cities and a few states have formally recognized the day, including ...

Southeast Louisiana is abnormally dry. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the basin show below-normal flow.

Sharks are usually associated with vast oceans and deep coastal waters, but a few remarkable species are capable of surviving ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow. American Rivers, ...