For a truly supersized wilderness experience, few places on Earth can compete with the United States of America. The US is a ...

Scientists and fishermen in Brazil caught an “armored” river creature known to sting and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Willian Massaharu Ohara via Tencatt, Ohara, Carvalho, and ...

Sometimes rivers split into branches in unusual ways, reflecting the complexity of Earth's water system on land and how much we still must learn about it.

Nestled in Florida’s panhandle, where the state’s familiar flatness gives way to surprising elevation, Torreya State Park in Bristol stands as living proof that the Sunshine State has been holding out ...

Thorn forest once blanketed the Rio Grande Valley. Restoring even a little of it could help the region cope with the impacts ...

Arizona is well known for its beautiful desert habitat. But there are also plenty of lakes you can visit, despite the arid ...

In fact, all our favorite marine animals – sharks and dolphins, turtles and rays, and all those pretty colored fish in our ...

Representative Darren Soto (D-FL) is introducing legislation to designate the Kissimmee River as a recreational river, enhancing its protection as a natural res ...

The Cape Sable seaside sparrow is threatened by some of the most complex water management infrastructure on Earth in the ...

Congressman Josh Harder might want to take his reputation of being the nutria’s No. 1 enemy in California to the next level.

One study has shown that muskrat populations in the Northeast have declined by 75 percent from our ponds, swamps and marshes ...

Rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs aren't just scenic parts of our landscape -- they're also vital engines for life on Earth. These inland waters 'breathe' oxygen, just like we do. But a new study ...