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 ...

Vianey Rueda received funding through CUAHSI’s Instrumentation Discovery Travel Grant, which helps researchers learn about hydrologic instrumentation. Drew Gronewold does not work for, consult, own ...

For years, raw sewage has flowed into the Rio Grande from a beleaguered wastewater treatment plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Water quality on the Rio Grande suffered. U.S. and Mexican officials worked ...

University of Rio Grande is a private institution that was founded in 1876. In the 2026 edition of Best Colleges, University of Rio Grande is ranked No. #63 in Regional Colleges Midwest. It's also ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Hiking through the emerald green canopy of the bosque, or riverside cottonwood forest, near ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2022 issue. A heavy monsoon season hit the Chihuahuan Desert in September. It flooded city streets in northern Mexico, overflowed some Mexican ...

The University of Texas—Rio Grande Valley is a public institution. In the 2026 edition of Best Colleges, The University of Texas—Rio Grande Valley is ranked No. #213 in National Universities. It's ...

Approximately 17 miles of buoy barriers will soon be installed in the placid waters of the Rio Grande — this time, in the lowermost stretches of the Rio Grande Valley. The announcement came on ...