“Latsch was found on the bank of the Mississippi River near the town of Winona in 2016,” he said. “He’d probably just fledged ...

The Mississippi Aquarium celebrated a first in January, with the birth of two critically endangered penguin chicks.

Mississippi is known as the Magnolia State, which is also the official flower and tree. The mockingbird is the state bird, and square dancing is the state dance. TOP STORIES FROM WAPT: Special ...

Every U.S. state has an official state flag, bird, and license plate ... has an official state fruit — such was the case for Mississippi — until a passionate group of schoolchildren decided ...