John Snell

A melon-headed whale is on the road to recovery after beaching itself on the Mississippi Gulf Coast last week, offering a rare opportunity for scientists studying marine mammal deaths.

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Scientists say it will take time for the lake to return to normal, but gauging when exactly that might happen is difficult as the algae thrive in the heat of a Louisiana summer.

The Bonnet Carre Spillway opening has fueled debate over proposed sediment diversions in Louisiana

Beneficial use of dredge material from the Mississippi River is creating new land in Louisiana's delta

The Audubon Nature Institute raises two species of endangered cranes

Fishermen are trapping mudbugs by the thousands in Mardi Gras Pass thanks to the high waters of the Mississippi River.

Fishermen in St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes had already complained about various cuts, both man-made and natural, that have made Breton Sound more fresh.

Mississippi officials criticize the operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has operated for 76 days in 2019, setting a new record

Nursed back to health, a juvenile bald eagle was returned to the nest after she was found injured and unable to fly about a week earlier.

Mississippi experts blame the Bonnet Carre Spillway opening for leading to the deaths of dozens of dolphins.

All four Category 5 hurricanes intensified rapidly before making landfall

A new, $5 million lion exhibit opens at the Audubon Zoo on Saturday, May 18

A cooperative arrangement between the New Orleans and San Diego Zoos breeds animals, many of them endangered.

The higher Mississippi River is bringing calls to change how the Corps of Engineers manages the river

The Army Corps says the latest forecast indicates it may not be necessary to open the Bonnet Carre Spillway

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to begin the process of closing the remaining bays on the Bonnet Carre Spillway.

The Army Corps operated the Bonnet Carre Spillway for the first time in back-to-back years

A test program involves planting cypress forests by air.

The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is studying nearly doubling the output of the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion Project on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish

R. Eugene Turner believes the solution to at least some of Louisiana’s coastal land loss is staring officials in the face: backfill many of the oil field canals that dissect the coastal marshes.

Flooding claims more lives in hurricanes, but meteorologists warn do not underestimate the winds

Mexico City Beach and other communities struggle to recover from Hurricane Michael and with the lack of media attention

Gov. John Bell Edwards committed Wednesday to restoring millions of dollars that Louisiana cut from coastal funding a few years ago as its budget was hemorrhaging.

Louisiana Coastal Chairman Johnny Bradberry takes a new job with a state contractor, drawing fire from critics

In a high-paced choreography, crew members on the Carnival Dream unload and reload the cruise ship in a matter of hours.

The Camp fire raging in North California had grown to 140,000 acres Thursday morning, officials estimated, or nearly half the size of Orleans Parish.

An aggregate material could provide a new method of protecting critical Louisiana shorelines

The whooping crane, once gone from Louisiana, stages a comeback with the help of biologists.