Altogether, the Great Lakes are seeing healthier ice coverage this year. Here's what to know about their current conditions.

New research suggests an ancient hotspot helped shape the Great Lakes, challenging traditional formation theories.

Abdullatif Ahmed recalls his journey from Yemen to working on the icy waters of the Great Lakes, where Yemeni sailors shaped the region’s maritime history.

U.S. Senators from Michigan Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters are pushing new legislation Tuesday that would reauthorize the ...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Natalie Phelps Finnie on Monday wrote in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Every year, more than 22 million pounds of plastic pollution enter the Great Lakes, according to a study by the Rochester Institute of Technology. While visible plastic waste is an ongoing concern, an ...

Abstract, colorful ice formations, known as blue ice are already forming in the Great Lakes near Mackinac Island, according to a post on Facebook. Blue ice, typically found in glaciers ...

A new documentary about the Great Lakes will be screened Thursday night in Sturgeon Bay. All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes explores the effects on the world’s largest freshwater ...

THE DOOR COUNTY MARITIME MUSEUM Tom Wenstadt, contributor The M/V (merchant vessel) Stewart J. Cort arrived at the ...

And it’s a warning of what could happen everywhere else. “We focus on lakes in the Arctic because they are such great sentinels of climate change. They tend to show change before other lake ...