About a mile from Cleveland’s Lake Erie shore, in a stretch of water once among America’s most polluted, a team of conservationists just released a few dozen lake sturgeon into the Cuyahoga River.

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The Jukskei River in South Africa is nothing short of filthy. Where the river skirts the north eastern edge of Johannesburg it is subjected to regular rubbish dumping, illegal sand mining, and even ...

Volunteers remove litter from Northern Kentucky shoreline at a past Ohio River Sweep. Volunteers from all along the Ohio River are coming together to clean up litter ahead of America’s River Roots ...

A national TV news outlet this week celebrated the Willamette River as a model of cleanliness and swimmability as it flows through Portland. The story by CBS News featured the River Huggers, a ...

Devil's River State Natural Area in Val Verde County Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department It’s almost 20,000 acres of lush, roughing-it hiking trails and camping grounds. Cacti speckle the ...

After living in Dallas for 15 years and doing my best to explore its natural beauty, I had nearly exhausted the list of new places to discover in our growing city. While views from the top of Reunion ...

Three teenagers who disappeared after falling into the Mississippi River near the Crescent City Connection. A Chalmette actor who had a recurring role in HBO's "Treme." A 55-year-old barge worker who ...

People have been living along the Seine for more than 3,000 years and they’ve been dumping trash, human waste and whatever else they want to get rid of into the river for much of that time. Even Joan ...

The Arkansas Times Climate Watch is the first free newsletter in Arkansas dedicated to exploring how Arkansans are adapting to climate change. Subscribe to get it in your inbox twice a month. For the ...

LOS ANGELES — To many locals, the Los Angeles River — hugged by concrete embankments and heavy vehicle traffic — hardly seems like a river at all. The waterway bisecting the city was converted to a ...