The waterway’s decline is posing an existential threat to Elephant Butte, N.M., and surrounding farms.

The Texas government announced that the Lone Star State has added nine islands along the Rio Grande to its territory, ...

The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, running some 1,900 miles (3,060 kilometers) from the Colorado Rockies southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides fresh water for seven U ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rio Grande was filled to the brim in its levee as the chocolate-milk-colored river flowed between El Paso and Juárez at a ...

FAR WEST TEXAS—The year was 1897. Flood waters from the Rio Grande submerged entire blocks of downtown El Paso. The New York Times described the crash of crumbling houses and the “cries of frightened ...

The rising waters of the Rio Grande overflowed onto La Llorona Park in Las Cruces following heavy rains and flash flooding a ...

Officials captured another alligator sighting in the Rio Grande River. The U.S. Border Patrol RGV Sector posted a video on Facebook on Friday, August 23, showing how some agents encountered the large ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A body was pulled out of the Rio Grande River along Texas' border with ...

Today, the Rio Grande-Bravo water basin is in crisis. Research published Thursday says the situation arguably is worse than challenges facing the Colorado River, another vital lifeline for western U.S ...

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PHOENIX — A national water study, in partnership with Northern Arizona University, has found the Rio Grande River is potentially at risk of a water shortage with just two more dry winters. Ben Ruddell ...