Augsburg University students journey down the Mississippi by catamaran, stopping in Natchez to share stories and art as part ...

Facts about the Mississippi River are highlighted. Journalist Boyce Upholt talked about his experience traveling on the river.

The Mississippi River is again facing low water levels — pushing up barge rates and making it more expensive for farmers to export crops and import fertilizer.

Water levels on portions of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers have dropped low enough to significantly hinder shipping ...

The rib belonged to a zygorhiza, a toothed whale that lived 34 to 38 million years ago and grew up to 18 feet long. Whale ...

IS FIRM - THE AUGUST 12TH DEADLINE FOR A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA COULD BE PUSHED BACK. THE GULF'S "DEAD ZONE" - AN AREA WHERE FISH AND SEA LIFE CAN'T SURVIVE - IS GETTING BIGGER, THANKS TO POLLUTION ...

ALTON - The Three Rivers Project of the Piasa Palisades Sierra Club Group (PPG) is planning a River Road cleanup on Saturday, ...

TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI AS A SALT WATER WEDGE IS NOW SLOWLY CREEPING UP THE RIVER. SO TO COMBAT THE IMPACTS HERE, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS BUILDING AN UNDERWATER SEAL THERE ...

A caustic discharge from Atalco’s alumina refinery in Louisiana has exceeded federal limits, renewing scrutiny over repeated pollution violations.

Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another year of low river levels means barge travel will be more expensive. The ...