It’s the second-longest river in North America, beaten only by the Missouri River. You’ll find the Mississippi at its narrowest point at its headwaters in Lake Itasca, where it’s between 20 ...
Human-driven climate change, through the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, has made the once-rare event all ...
A construction company says it is cooperating with an investigation of how a bridge in rural Mississippi collapsed while some ...
Tons of grains and crops are shipped down the Mississippi River every year. What will happen if increasingly persistent droughts shrink America’s longest river?
Missouri’s fall foliage is now at its peak in many areas, with northern Missouri, St. Louis, and Ozark National Scenic ...
An earthquake brought tremors across the Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri border earlier, a reminder that much of the Midwest ...
The Audubon Center at Riverlands in Missouri is a prime destination for birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts, offering trails, birdwatching facilities, and ...
Explore Tower Rock on foot as low Mississippi River levels reveal sandbars and rock paths, making it accessible from the ...
For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest are drawing down water levels on the Mississippi River ...
A new policy brief from the United Nations argues that citizen science is crucial to global water security. In the Midwest, ...
At least three people have died after a Mississippi bridge, in the process of being demolished, collapsed while work was ...