The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

The lakes of the US are often thought of as great holiday destinations. All of them provide a combination of hiking, boating, ...

Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...

More PFAS news with New York’s proposed ban, an update on Wisconsin’s frozen “forever chemicals” funding, and how federal freezes are impacting chemical pollution grants in the Great Lakes.

To that end, the nonprofit Great Lakes Observing System, or GLOS, is asking ice fishing anglers and others who go out on the ...

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

If President Donald Trump's threat to tariff Canadian imports by 25% goes forward, 200 years of peaceful and profitable Great Lakes maritime trade will be at risk.

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, warned Americans in the certain regions may be most affected by ...

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.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A strong storm is expected to bring moderate to heavy snowfall across parts of the Upper Great Lakes on Saturday before intensifying overnight across the Northeast.

READ MORE: Researchers 'rediscover' fish species once believed extinct in Lake Superior In 1954, a treaty between the United States and Canada formed the Great Lakes Fishery Commission ...