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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yet this iconic river is now one of the most endangered in the United States. The river provides water to more than 6 million people across South Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua ...

West Virginia’s Gauley River has been named to a conservation organization’s list of the most endangered rivers in the country this year. The river is 10th on the list of America’s Most ...

(Photo courtesy of Surfrider Foundation) The Tijuana River, for the second year, has made a not-so-impressive list, as one of America’s Top 10 Most Endangered Rivers of 2025. And the urgency has ...