A new study from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland, found that otter poop, or "scat," serves as a natural report card for the ecosystem.

In the 1970s, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) was considered one of Florida's cleanest coastal lagoons. Today, the IRL, which spans 156 miles along Florida's east coast, suffers from frequent ...

For millions of years, water flowing through the Colorado River shaped the geography of the West, carving out features like ...

Idaho spent $3M in 2023 on chemical treatments to kill invasive quagga mussels in the Snake River. A study found that the ...

More information: Yuliya Vystavna et al, Predicting river flow dynamics using stable isotopes for better adaptation to climate and land-use changes, Nature Water (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44221-024 ...

Regular sightings of otters on a river are a sign of a healthy local ecosystem, a charity has said. The Wear Rivers Trust said evidence of the mammals living on the River Deerness in County Durham ...

The rare and ancient gharial, with its distinctive long snout, faces critical endangerment in northern India's rivers. Unlike ...

The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was dug to help change the flow of the Chicago River when it opened in 1900. Now the ...

California is moving toward a new water plan for the Delta. Regulators are supporting a plan backed by Gov. Newsom to allow water agencies to operate under 'voluntary agreements.' ...

Surveying shows a chalk stream in the River Avon has suffered “a decade of decline”, campaigners warn as they call for more action to ...

Lee E. Brown, Neil E. Dickson, Jonathan L. Carrivick and Leopold Füreder AbstractAlpine glacier-fed river hydrology, chemistry, and biology can vary significantly in space and over diurnal to ...