This week in the city of Westbrook, Maine, a huge, rotating circle of ice formed on the Presumpscot River. While it…
Rivers and streams cover much more of the planet than geologists previously estimated, according to a new study…
The Caspian Sea is about as strange as a body of water gets. Its surface still sits 27.5 meters (90 feet) below sea…
Last summer, a team of geologists set out on an expedition to study Slims River in the Yukon, but when they got there,…
Courts in New Zealand and India have granted legal personhood status to three rivers. The strange status is meant to…
As the election nears, our country can at times feel like a hideous and hateful place. Let this map of the United…
A river near an industrial town in Russia has turned suddenly blood-red. But it’s not an omen of something mystical…
Watch as satellite imagery shows how the windy Ucayali River in Peru changed its course over the span of 25 years. The…
Here’s a lovely view of a salmon run in Lake Iliamna, Alaska. Just being able to see the rivers filled with salmon from…
Rio Paraná and Rio Paraguay are like spoiled kids refusing to shake and make up in this photo from the International…
Hurricane Sandy petered out over the East Coast almost exactly three years ago. The storm left chaos in its wake—and in…
It was 90 degrees at 10:00 a.m. when I stepped off the Orange Line in the LA neighborhood of Van Nuys. A perfect day…
Good news to those of you who still want to drag race, chase T-1000s, or, heck, even land small planes in the concrete…
This time of year kayaks and inner tubes crowd the crystal-clear waters of the Animas River, which flows through the…
You’ve likely seen plenty of footage of the Los Angeles River—in Terminator 2, Grease, Drive, shall I go on? But unless…
I don’t know if this is kayaking or more like plummeting water torture punishment. Because though I see a kayak and a…
Louisiana's wetlands are famously disappearing, thanks to a century of dredging and drilling in the Mississippi River.…
The gorgeous patterns you see here come courtesy of an astronaut-shot photo showing the Mattagami (top right) and…
Weather is oddly topographical. Rarely is it as clear as in this photograph snapped by astronaut Terry Virts from the…
There are over 250,000 rivers in the U.S., some subtly serene, others tremendously tumultuous. But in this…
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