From a game of pickleball to time on the Iowa Great Lakes or a float down the river, here are 14 things to do outside this summer in Iowa.

This ancient pathway connected the Mississippi River with the central Tennessee valley ... you’ll understand why geology enthusiasts make pilgrimages to this unlikely Mississippi destination. The ...

Boatmen would float goods down the Mississippi River to Natchez or New Orleans ... and winter programs focus on the park’s geology, more visible when deciduous trees have shed their leaves. What makes ...

Dredging, Sediment, and the Worlds We are Making By Rob Holmes, Brett Milligan, and Gena Wirth Applied Research and Design ...

Researchers say drought, sea level rise, severe storms and dredging are partly to blame for the increased in frequency and ...

Researchers uncovered one vertebra, and based on its size, they estimate the massive creature was at least 30 feet long when ...

Runoff from that rain is just now surging through the lowest portion of the Mississippi River and will lead to moderate to high flood levels in some areas, including Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Bayou Chene Floodgate was closed preemptively to protect Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes from rising Mississippi River levels. The floodgate closure is expected to last until mid-May ...

Mosasaurs were some of the most fearsome apex predators to ever stalk the Cretaceous era’s oceans. And according to ...