A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, ...

Baton Rouge and New Orleans exist because of the Mississippi River, and huge swaths of the region's and nation's economy have always depended upon it. But the big river didn't always flow where it ...

In 2019, an unrelenting flood swamped more than half a million acres in the Mississippi Delta's Yazoo Backwater. It took more than six months to recede. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd reports on a pumping ...

The Mississippi River is more than a mile wide in places and would seem to be a significant barrier for wildlife. However, black bears involved in research have been swimming across the ...

Facts to know about the Mississippi River A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009.

MARQUETTE, Iowa - It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day's last bits of golden light dancing on the water, when four members of the band Big Blue Sky picked up their ...

The Mississippi River sculpted the nation, but now the people who live along it are dealing the effects of climate change. Here & Now traveled the Mississippi River to see how they're adapting.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A group of barges got off course on the Mississippi River Monday morning, with the front of one of the barges coming in contact with the levee.