A plan to reconnect the Mississippi River to its wetlands, build new land and restore dying estuaries is on life support.

NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana’s coastal wetlands make up about 40% of all coastal marshes in the United States but according to ...

The Mississippi River crested in New Orleans this week, capping an anxious period for the engineers and residents who live ...

McKellar Lake acts as a collection point for debris that would otherwise flow into the Mississippi River and possibly the Atlantic Ocean. College students spending spring break by a body of water ...

McKellar Lake acts as a collection point for debris that would otherwise flow into the Mississippi River and possibly the Atlantic Ocean. College students spending spring break by a body of water is ...

The flood on Monday was at least the fifth affecting several New Orleans neighborhoods since December 2023, and it was unlike the other recent storms in two ways.

Hundreds of species need wetlands to breed, forage and rest. When wetlands are destroyed, birds are usually the first to noticeably die off.

In the vast network of rivers and tributaries that make up the Pearl River Basin in southern China, the water is naturally filtered by living creatures. Throughout the slow-flowing water ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ran a test opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway Monday morning following weeks of rising Mississippi River waters that could prompt the floodway to be used for the ...