Most Pearl River map turtles spend their entire lives within 2 or 3 river miles and can only survive in freshwater. “They're very much attached to a home range and understanding what is home and ...

Review the map below to see the latest river level updates for the Pearl River at Jackson, as well as at other measurement locations near you. If the above map doesn't load, click here to view.

The Pearl River Revitalization Coalition is fully supporting the Corps of Engineers’ revised plan to address flooding from the Pearl River. Officials say they are in strong support of Alternative D-1.

Pearl River map turtles can live up to 30 years in the wild and used to be considered the same species as Pascagoula map turtles; recently scientists have determined the two are separate species. The ...

A proposal for a controversial flood control plan that would create an artificial lake spanning 1,500 acres near Jackson, Mississippi, has prompted environmental activists to list the Pearl River as ...

A water advisory along a portion of the Pearl River in Jackson has been expanded. Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said the advisory was prompted by a significant ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protected more than 500 miles of river in Mississippi for the Pearl River darter, an endangered fish that no longer lives in its namesake river.