River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...

Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River convened in Louisiana’s capital this week to announce a cooperative ...

Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend. For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest ...

The Spanish invented the modern world and ruled without equal ... This was the Río del Espíritu Santo—the river, nearly every ...

Many Mississippi Territory settlers were saved from smallpox in the early 19th century because of actions taken by William C.

If you'd like to take a cruise but aren't interested in the hustle and bustle of a massive ocean liner, consider a river cruise. River cruises offer the chance to visit lesser-known ports around ...

A map of the Mississippi River basin and the river’s major tributaries. (Annie Ropeik, Ag & Water Desk/Data via U.S.

Many Mississippi Territory settlers were saved from smallpox in the early 19th century because of actions taken by William C.

How we turned one of our country’s biggest rivers into a machine — and what happens when that machine starts to break down.

where you cruise on the Mississippi River, the food and beverages that are offered, where you can stay during the cruise, and how you can book a trip in September and October.

While Mississippi River levels are still well above last year’s lows, the drought underscores how extreme weather is putting the world’s most vital waterways at risk. Over the past two years, dry ...