In 1858, sewage clogging London's Thames River caused a "Great Stink." A century later, parts of the famed waterway were declared biologically dead.

London's Thames River, Once 'Biologically Dead,' Is Now Home to Venomous Sharks, Report Finds A report from the Zoological Society of London revealed that the Thames river — which was previously ...

Declared "biologically dead" in 1957 because of years of pollution, the 205-mile long river is again home to seals, seahorses and certain kinds of birds, according to the 2021 State of the Thames ...

But the Thames didn’t hit rock bottom until 1957, when the city’s Natural History Museum declared the river “biologically dead.” Wildlife that hadn’t fled were expiring in the water.

London’s cocaine problem could become an eel problem. According to Business Insider, high levels of the Class A drug have been detected in the water of the U.K. city’s Thames river.

Fly over the historic and modern landmarks of London in this captivating drone footage. Soar past the iconic Tower Bridge, ...

London has a combined sewer system, which means sewage and rain flow into the same pipes. Storms frequently overwhelmed the system, spilling around 40 million tons of sewage into the Thames annually.

The banks of the Thames River have hosted human settlements for thousands of years, from Neolithic huts to the soaring skyscrapers of London. Evidence of bygone civilizations has been steadily ...