“Eels are one of the few species that make me jump up and down in the back of the boat,” larger river scientist Jason DeBoer ...

Intense drought conditions are causing water levels of the 2,300-mile-long Mississippi River to drop Tracey Harrington McCoy is a celebrity news writer at PEOPLE Digital. She has been working at ...

Agriculture shipping groups are raising concerns about low water levels on the Mississippi River as harvest approaches. Water ...

Mississippi River: The Megaregion That Never Was With the importance of this river, you’d think the historic population could ...

We have a chance to establish a new relationship with this river. Or, we can leave things as they are. But we have to choose; ...

The Mississippi River supports some of North America's most formidable wildlife, and the American alligator is among its most striking residents. One individual, however, earned a category of its own ...

After rapidly overflowing its banks and pouring into homes and businesses along its upper reaches, the Mississippi River has crested in much of the Upper Midwest, easing fears of a record disaster, ...

In remembrance of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, in the 250th year of the country, two ...

Photos and satellite imagery from the central United States show how the region’s worst drought in at least a decade has pushed the Mississippi River and its tributaries to drop to record lows this ...

A Minneapolis man's death in the Mississippi River is now called “very suspicious.” Investigators are asking for tips.

NEW ORLEANS — Ducks have taken roost on a sandy strip along the Mississippi River — a bank that's typically underwater. "We have this nice little beach here that Black-bellied whistling ducks are ...