This striking satellite photo shows a particularly convoluted section of a record-breaking "braided river" in China, which drastically changes shape every year and could become more unstable over the ...

A new Stanford study challenges the decades-old view that the rise of land plants half a billion years ago dramatically changed the shapes of rivers. Rivers generally come in two styles: braided, ...

​These images showcase the stunning vision for the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) in Bhutan. The architecture masterfully ...

For generations, geologists have taught a simple story about the history of rivers. Before plants spread across the continents hundreds of millions of years ago, rivers were thought to be wide, ...

After working for two years with Warner Bros. Pictures, MacGillivray Freeman Films, and IMAX Corp., Braided River, an imprint of nonprofit Mountaineers Books, in Seattle, has produced To the Arctic, ...

Braided rivers, with their continuously changing network of channels, are highly dynamic systems. Four mechanisms of channel change and evolution are considered the classic mechanisms of braided river ...

A new Stanford study challenges the decades-old view that the rise of land plants half a billion years ago dramatically changed the shapes of rivers. Rivers generally come in two styles: braided, ...

A new conservation strategy for Canterbury's run-down braided rivers is set to be unveiled this year. Canterbury Regional Council will work with local communities, private landowners and iwi to ...

New Zealand’s iconic braided rivers are home to unique and endangered birds. BRaid, a conservation group dedicated to protecting braided river ecosystems, are holding a braided river bird course ...

Olivia Steven is an environmental scientist for the Gisborne District Council. For this column we will focus on braided rivers, which flow in multiple and mobile channels across a gravel floodplain.