Construction has begun on a floating swimming pool that will be located in New York City's East River.The attraction, named ...

A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, ...

People watch a nine-barge tugboat make it's way through the Mississippi River when WaterShed Partners and Mississippi Makeover Project conduct a boat tour along Spring Lake and lower Pool 2, just ...

The map is based on a U.S. Geological Survey database of the direction water is flowing at every point on Earth. ... the Amazon River is more than 400 miles longer than the Mississippi River alone.

CLINTON, Iowa — Your comment is needed during a public open house on Tuesday, April 30, to discuss plans for Phase II of an ecosystem restoration project in Lower Pool 13 of the Mississippi River.

In Greenville, Mississippi, the river is expected to crest at 52.5 feet on April 22. Power outages and business shutdowns are anticipated as water threatens ports and grain terminals.

The vast Mississippi River—the second longest river in North America—swirls through a number of U.S. states and has been swelling in recent weeks. That may continue, experts say.

Richard Carlson, Hanska, MN, carries a 68-pound Bighead Asian Carp down to a paddleboat in Rosemount before a tour of Pool 2 on the Mississippi River June 13, 2012.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A planned drawdown of the Mississippi River's Pool 6 this summer has been canceled for the second straight year by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Shelby County Sheriffs Office said the woman and child were swimming in the river near the Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park boat ramp Saturday evening around 6:30.

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - 35 members of the Mississippi River Basin Panel visited the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies on Wednesday to learn more about South Mississippi’s marine environment.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A planned drawdown of the Mississippi River's Pool 6 this summer has been canceled for the second straight year by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.