See how U.S. rivers look when resized by water flow, revealing the dominance of the Mississippi and the surprisingly thin rivers of the West.

Atmospheric rivers—those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions—are shifting toward higher latitudes, and that's ...

Rivers are Earth's arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from the mountains to the sea. Some rivers carve out a single pathway, while ...

WWF's flagship report calls for transformation in the way rivers are valued and managed to safeguard the diverse values of healthy rivers to people and nature. The Valuing Rivers report outlines how ...

Rivers are the lifeblood of our planet, carving landscapes, supporting diverse ecosystems, and sustaining human civilisations for millennia. Flowing through deserts, mountains, forests, and plains, ...

A new map identifies the third of U.S. rivers most likely to sustain freshwater biodiversity, but almost none of those waterways are protected.

In 2018, scientists traversing through Alaska's remote Brooks Range were confronted by a strange phenomenon they'd never seen ...