The Mississippi River has claimed countless lives over the years, and it kills indiscriminately, and many of its victims are never found. Here's more.

Sky is a river The river’s a sky Don’t ask my why, let them flow on by The tune feels written for just this moment, as the muddy waters deliver us downstream. This segment aired on June 9, 2025.

One Mississippi, an environmental advocacy group, is declaring June 2 the first-ever National Mississippi River Day. Multiple river cities and a few states have formally recognized the day ...

The Mississippi River upriver from New Orleans, La. Thursday, May 8, 2025. Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas are to the right. (Staff photo by David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune) ...

The severe drought affecting the Mississippi River has exposed alarming and unsettling horrors hidden beneath its surface. In this video, we explore the environmental impact of the drought ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf.

Many residents live on one side of the Mississippi and work on the other. The bridge is a lifeline between the two states, they say, because it's the only way to cross the river in the nearly 60 ...

River cruise is bringing Minnesotans closer to nature A National Eagle Center riverboat cruise will get you up close and personal with the country's national bird. "This is pretty much as good as ...