Temperatures are likely to hit 110 degrees Wednesday afternoon, a threshold this remote Texas spot has already hit 14 times this year.

Big Bend National Park explains why portions of the Rio Grande River are low By Priscilla Aguirre, Senior Trending Reporter Updated April 23, 2022 8:02 a.m.

The Rio Grande in a section of the Temple Canyon route, outside Big Bend National Park in Texas, in March. The river’s depleting water has made finding sections deep enough to paddle ...

Pack your passport and take a two-hour drive from the park to the Rio Grande, where a tiny boat waits to ferry you to Mexico. Buy a gift and a snack from some local entrepreneurs, and then head back.

Big Bend National Park has two entrances—Persimmon Gap on the north side, which is accessible via U.S. Highway 385 from the quaint old railroad town of Marathon, or the Maverick entrance from ...

A worker walks by buoys that were placed in the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, July 13, 2023. The state of Texas Wednesday seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, a well known staging ...

The Rio Grande’s disappearing wetlands were part of a national trend. A 1990 report to Congress found that by the 1980s only 104 million acres of wetlands remained in the lower 48 states.