There's a recurrent rumor that bull sharks live in the Ohio River near Cincinnati. That's almost certainly not true.

As waters recede along small streams and secondary rivers, flooding is just getting underway along the largest rivers and ...

You might look at the Mississippi and think, "There's no way anything weird lives in there." Surprise—you'd be wrong. Lurking ...

Part of that history is the formation of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, the subject of my latest story. This month, it's celebrating its 100th birthday. Get daily ...

"He crossed the Mississippi River on March 10 this year," said Mississippi State ... In an effort to monitor the effects of these threats, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks ...

Spring's earliest feathered visitors got a warm welcome from local bird enthusiasts along the Great River State Trail on Wednesday.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is celebrating the start of the Lower Pool 10 habitat rehabilitation and ...

In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the Mississippi River’s name meant “the ancient father of rivers.” ...