Summer is in full swing, and it might be tempting to spend a day on the water swimming, fishing or just lounging and spending time in nature. World Atlas has listed four lakes in Mississippi that have ...

Ravines act like fast-moving highways, delivering sediment into Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River. A new project will examine how to control them.

A federal court says Republican legislators diluted Black voter strength. New maps may help Democrats break the G.O.P.

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Mississippi has six venomous snake species: Water Moccasins, Timber Rattlesnakes, Pygmy Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes, and Copperheads. Venomous snakes like cottonmouths ...