Ahoy! Ahoy! Louisiana boat enthusiasts and brunch lovers alike can now embark on a Mississippi River cruise in the heart of downtown Baton Rouge.

Robert Major Walker made history in 1988 when he was elected as the first Black mayor of Vicksburg, a Mississippi River town ...

The dead zone, a stretch of oxygen-depleted water that forms annually off the Louisiana and Texas coasts, is caused primarily ...

You’ve likely heard the phrase the Muddy Mississippi, and it is accurate. The water is brown from bank to bank, at least as far as we went. It flows at a steady 5 or 6 miles per hour this time of year ...

The massive area of low oxygen can cause fish, shrimp and other marine life to flee or die. It can also affect fish diets, ...

The Gulf of America's "dead zone" has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than last year and far less ...

The special seminar focused on issues that not only pesticides cause, but also the effects of the Mississippi River ...

The Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" is smaller than previous measurements and forecasts, NOAA announced. There are 2.8 million ...

But what about Venice, Illinois? The town of about 1,700 near St. Louis has a distinction of its own — according to ...

New York City and New Jersey are under states of emergencies as torrential rain pounds the Northeast on Thursday afternoon.

Snakehead first appeared in a Crofton pond in Maryland in 2002, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources ...