Lake Mead, capable of storing about 29 million acre-feet of water, supplies drinking water to tens of millions of people.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an extreme heat watch on Monday for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and surrounding regions as "dangerously hot conditions" are forecasted for ...

Florida’s swamplands are crawling with too many fearsome pythons that are causing havoc with the ecosystem by gobbling all ...

Rescue personnel were searching for a different missing person within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on the morning ...

Human remains found near Lake Mead in 1987 have been identified as a San Diego woman who went missing 39 years ago.

Nevada will face a 7 percent cut in its share of the Colorado River based on a reservoir projection released Friday, marking ...

With Lake Mead’s water levels at a shocking low, we set out to explore the newly exposed landscape. From hidden relics to ...

Context: Water levels in Lake Mead, on the border of Arizona and Nevada, have plummeted to their lowest point since 1937. Human remains, along with decades-old items, have been discovered as ...

In comparison, Lake Mead was at elevation 1,080 feet this time a year ago – a year in which federal officials declared a water shortage for southwestern U.S. areas served by Lake Mead.

LAKE MEAD, Nev. — Eric Richins looked out from his pontoon boat to the shallows on the lake’s western edge. He squinted and paused as if he had come upon a foreign shore.

Lake Mead drops to a record low amid drought A boat motors along at Lake Mead, a key reservoir on the Colorado River. Water levels at the lake are at the lowest level since it was filled in the 1930s.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area is hugely popular among people who come to boat, fish, hike and swim. Among the parks administered by the National Park Service, it ranked number 5 last year ...