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

Well, the governor of Illinois had an important announcement regarding his own renaming of long-established geographical ...

North America is home to the Great Lakes—Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior—spanning the borders of several U.S. states and Canada. These vast freshwater bodies are renowned for ...

Topping the list of Canada’s huge lakes is Lake Superior. Shared with the United States, the lake covers over 82,100 square ...

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.

For a key North American economic engine like the ... size vessels capable of working both in the Arctic and in the Great Lakes. America could certainly use a good handful of these handy-size ...

The research revealed that the Cape Verde hotspot lay beneath the Great Lakes region since about 300 million years ago, when North America was part of Pangaea. As the tectonic plates moved ...

Lake-effect snow brings heavy snowfall to some parts of North America Lake-effect snow is most common around the Great Lakes region in the US and Canada during late autumn and winter. It can lead ...

Lake Erie’s surface ice has ballooned over the past week as frigid temperatures descended on the region The recent cold snap that descended on much of North ... of the Great Lakes region.