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

There are river maps from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, some of which show how it flowed before the implementation of the locks and dams in the 1930s, which forever changed the look of the ...

The Mississippi River is drying up due to a historic drought, impacting the delivery of essential commodities like grain, gas, and construction materials.

The Mississippi Delta, seen from space in 2001. NASA / Jesse Allen. In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the ...

The Mississippi River is a big deal. One of the world’s great rivers, it hosts an abundance of wildlife habitat, provides drinking water for almost 20 million people and carries more than 500 ...

A history of ecology, commerce and recreation on the Mississippi River Adam Andrews of Cottage Grove leads his brother's dogs, Greg, front, and Kevin, rear, down the beach at Meeker Island Dog ...