Researchers launched GPS-equipped plastic bottles into a Raleigh creek to track how local litter travels downstream, breaks into microplastics and threatens ecosystems and human health.

A fresh clue to the lost colonists’ fate emerged when curators backlit this 16th-century map of what is now coastal ... a hundred miles to the north on the James River, in what is now Virginia.

The Google street view experiences act as a trip planning tool by giving potential rafters a realistic preview of the rivers ...

GRIT provides a much more detailed look at how rivers merge and split, which could enhance hydrological modeling, flood ...

Starting Friday, Sound Rivers says they will update the guide weekly on where it’s safe to swim in local waterways, from the Piedmont to the Pamlico Sound. The testing will run until Labor Day ...

Critical flow theory can predict river discharge based on the spacing of standing waves captured by Google Earth images.

The Potomac River has crested well above flood stage in several locations after all the rainfall since Tuesday, turning the ...

City leader marked the opening of the Christian to Crescent Trail Connector now connecting residents in Center City to Grays Ferry.

It's official — a brand-new portion of the Schuylkill River Trail has opened for runners, walkers, bikers and those who love the outdoors.