If you’re like me, you avoid driving I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge like warm beer on a hot summer day. Hey, if I have ...

Explore where Acadia National Park is. Learn about its stunning map, unique geology shaped by glaciers, rich history, and key ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

Learn about the iconic Mississippi River: its vibrant river history, crucial role among US rivers, diverse ecology, and the era of steamboats that shaped the nation.

The convergence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers near St. Louis fuels the region's infamous summer humidity and spring storms.

Over the last 8,000 years (a mere instant in geology) the delta of the Mississippi has changed six times, and formed much of what is now Louisiana with its alluvial deposits brought down from Northern ...

Gov. Tony Evers signed a proclamation declaring June 2 National Mississippi River Day in Wisconsin, saying the river helps connect the state to the global economy.

Scientists say they have discovered the fossil of a massive prehistoric monster under the Mississippi River.

The Mississippi River occupies an ancient geologic structure called the Mississippi Embayment, which was inundated by the Western Interior Sea Way during the Cretaceous period. Mosasaur fossils have ...

Credit: Alex Kolker The Mississippi River is designed as a self-scouring channel, with the water flowing at a rate high enough to kick sediment out into the Gulf of Mexico and away from Louisiana’s ...

Mississippi River flooding has started in the Mississippi delta. North Lake Ferguson Road in Washington County is officially closed to public traffic due to water accumulation on the roadway. The ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future.