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DNA may be extracted from the Clotilda, which was sunk in the Mobile River in Alabama in 1860 after it arrived from West Africa carrying 110 enslaved people, researchers said.

The Clotilda is the last known slave ship in the US. The upper section is gone, but the the section below deck where the captured Africans and stockpiles were held is still largely in one piece.

Archaeologists studying the Clotilda, which was identified in 2019, say the shipwreck may contain a wealth of well-preserved artifacts, from barrels of food to human DNA.

Two years, 22 rivers, 7,500 miles. Crossing America by canoe

Plans have been resurrected to build a bridge for Interstate-10 and expand the highway across the Mobile River and Bay.

Paddling through the pandemic to see the country from water level “up close and personal at this interesting time.”

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Officials on the Alabama coast have resurrected a plan to build a...

What is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposing? The Service is announcing the 12-month findings on a petition to list the Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) and Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) as endangered or threatened species and a request to designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Service finds that listing the Pearl River map turtle is warranted and is proposing to list the species as threatened with a rule issued under section 4(d)...

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