“Alabama the Beautiful” lives up to its name, stretching from the Appalachian foothills to the sparkling Gulf Coast. Lesser-known but just as impressive is its 130,000 miles of waterways, home to the ...

The Claiborne Lock and Dam on the Alabama River, near Monroeville, is the focus of a planned fish ladder project to restore migratory routes for aquatic species including sturgeon, mullet and striped ...

They sunbathe on sandbars, slip silently beneath dark water and occasionally startle a boater or two. While Florida gets most of the reptilian attention, Alabama quietly ranks among the top states for ...