Ann Somers, senior lecturer emerita in the biology department at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, emphasized that ...

The Okefenokee is the largest national wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River, sprawling across more than 400,000 ...

Though fire risk is generally lower in the eastern U.S. than out west, Georgia's national forest lands are not immune to ...

However this should not lead to a situation in which already endangered river systems, a common heritage of all humanity, are subjected to further harm. Rivers with their flowing water unite all ...

has topped an endangered rivers list. A report from nonprofit conservation organization American Rivers states that a combination of extreme flood, drought cycles, toxic runoff, and poor river ...

Macey Dillard paints flowers on Karlyn Sprecher's face during an Easter event ... and face painting done by the Green River High School Cheer team.

Flamingos glide across the surface of the Narta lagoon, near the mouth of the Vjosa River.Credit ... in Albania specifically as “critically endangered” by the Ministry of Tourism and ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, highlights the growing threat to the Mississippi River, recently named the most endangered river in America by the American Rivers ...

Topping the list of this year's most endangered rivers in America is our very own Mississippi River. It's driven by flooding and concerns around how prepared we are to deal with a disaster.

"Freshwater mollusks are the most endangered ... are in the Penobscot River basin and river systems in Downeast Maine according to the state department of inland fisheries and wildlife. The mussels ...

PAUL — A conservation organization has named the Mississippi River as the most endangered river in the ... as quickly as possible to keep the plants growing,” he said. Planting cover crops ...

"This means that the plastics plants ... of toxic waste into the river before ecological collapse and the loss of the fishing industry occurs," the group said. The Mississippi River was also listed by ...