When aquifers start running low, the instinctive solution seems obvious. Drill deeper. Get more water. It's a reflex as old as civilization itself, and today, it's playing out on a scale we've never ...

As the majority of Minnesota continues to experience severe or extreme drought, one group is scrambling to keep up with a depleted water table: well drillers. "We are dry, no doubt about it," declared ...

Rescuers in Thailand worked through the night to save a 19-month-old girl from a dry well — 18 hours after she fell into the deep shaft while playing at a cassava farm. Workers clapped and cheered as ...