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

For those who missed the news bulletin, Mississippi is a pretty wet place. It's home to 4 million acres of wetlands, tons of swamps, marshes, estuaries, and deltas, is the fourth most humid state in ...

Reddish-brown sediment carried by the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers can be seen entering Lakes Pontchartrain, Maurepas and Borgne. The most sediment is seen exiting the Mississippi in Plaquemines ...

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