rivers

An illustration shows a young tyrannosaur, Gorgosaurus libratus, tearing apart and eating its prey, a bird-like dinosaur called Citipes elegans, in what's now Alberta during the Cretaceous period. (Julius Csotonyi/Royal Tyrell…

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Rivers have flowed on two other worlds in the solar system besides Earth: Mars, where dry tracks and craters are all that's left of ancient rivers and lakes, and Titan, Saturn's largest moon, where rivers of liquid methane still flow today.…

Torrential rains pounded several parts of north India on Sunday with 19 people killed in landslides and other rain-related incidents, while most rivers, including the Yamuna in Delhi, were in spate. In cities and towns across the region,…

Heavy rains crashed Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, causing landslides and flash floods, damaging homes, and paralyzing daily life. Schools and colleges were shut down for two days.Five people died as a result. Officials reported that all major…

Thames Water have been fined more than £3m after admitting polluting rivers. The company, which supplies one in four people in Britain with water, had pleaded guilty to four charges relating to illegally discharging waste. It…

The Uttar Pradesh government plans to use eight rivers as inland waterways to improve connectivity and transportation of goods, especially bulk cargo such as foodgrains and fertilisers. Senior state government officials said the Yamuna,…

RIO DE JANEIRO: What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good. Using boats run on solar energy…

One-time NBA champion head coach Doc Rivers is a finalist for Phoenix's head-coaching vacancy, per Shams Charania. The Suns, though, should take a pass.Rivers, whom the 76ers fired after a conference semifinals loss to Boston, is…

When Mark Ellsworth and his family offered to take in their new friend Matilda, they weren't expecting her to be so … rotund. "I thought she was like a little micro-pig," said Ellsworth. "So my first thought was, 'Holy crap, she's…