Jessie Hutch lived in a floating village in Rivers Inlet, Canada, on and off for two years. The area is remote and full of bears. It's also peaceful, beautiful, and calming. Groceries were delivered ...

Whether an object floats or sinks in water is determined by the ratio of its weight compared to its volume. If an object of a certain volume weighs more than an equal volume of water, it sinks because ...

PENTWATER, Mich. — All year, high water has been stealing away shoreline around West Michigan. Now, the record water levels may be a factor leading to the discovery of a centuries-old log floating in ...

GALENA, Alaska (AP) — As ice breaks on the Yukon River, Jake Pogrebinsky looks at the water from shore, searching for a large log floating downstream. When he spots one, he hops into his wooden ...

High water in streams and tributaries has caused floating wood to accumulate upriver from McNary Dam on the Columbia River. Tri-City Herald file Boaters need to watch out for an unusually large amount ...

A Portland man accused of pointing a gun at someone in Keizer was arrested Wednesday after police say he ran from officers chasing him and was later spotted on a log floating down the Willamette River ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q Why do some logs float and some sink? — Holden Taggart, Merrimac, Wis. A Rodney Schreiner, chemistry department, University of ...