Reasons to be Cheerful reports on river Seine, the storied French waterway that was once nearly biologically dead but is not teeming with marine life once again.

On the Île de la Cité itself, in front of the Gothic ... But just a drop of water in the river that is the Seine.” On one of those wilting summer days when heat rises from the asphalt in ...

Je chie dans la Seine? Excuse my French ... French people and the world at large that in order to prove that the Seine River had indeed been cleaned and was sanitary enough to host the Olympics ...

You won’t have much trouble finding the Seine, as it flows directly through the heart of Paris. The river is perhaps one of the most famous waterways in the world and an attraction in itself.

Athletes dive into the Seine River from the Alexander III Bridge on the start of the first leg of the women's triathlon test event for the Paris Olympics this past summer. (Michel Euler/AP ...

The opening ceremony, triathlon and marathon swimming for the Paris Olympics are scheduled to be held on the River Seine. Although many Parisians used to swim in the Seine, the practice has been ...