The River Thames is London’s largest public space, so why aren’t we using it? Swimmable Cities co-founder Chris Romer-Lee ...

The River Thames is back on the map -London's Tube map. In a recent redesign, the blue ribbon representing the river was airbrushed out in an effort to de-clutter the map.

Action was swift. "Transport for London (TfL) today announced that it has listened to Londoners and would be reinstating the River Thames on the world-famous Tube map," a statement read on Thursday.

As a result, the Thames swiftly turned into a giant cesspool. "In the space of about thirty-five years, the Thames had been transformed from a fishing ground teeming with salmon to one of the most ...

The River Thames is making a comeback. 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 ...

CBS News correspondent Holly Williams speaks with scavengers, also known as mudlarks, who hunt for ancient artifacts in the silt exposed when the River Thames' tide in England goes out. Nov 5, 2022 ...

The average Londoner might be shocked to hear that, over the past two hundred years, hundreds of human bones have been discovered in the River Thames. As new research shows, a sizable portion of ...

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

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.