The oxbow’s natural shoreline along the Rouge River, once eliminated for flood control, has been restored and transformed ...

As a senator, JD Vance supported funding for the restoration of the lakes. Advocates are hoping the vice president will as ...

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 ...

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.

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

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

The Great Lakes have a long history of pollution and ... The mussels enhance water clarity, which can explode the growth of bottom-dwelling algae and redistribute nutrients like phosphorus to ...

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

Since 1973, ice coverage has fallen by 77% on Lake Michigan and 71% on the Great Lakes as a whole. That has a far-reaching ...

Did you know the Great Lakes experience a rare winter phenomenon called ice volcanoes? These icy eruptions form when waves crash into frozen shorelines, creating cone-shaped structures that look like ...

About 13,000 years ago the melting glaciers that covered Minnesota and Canada created a vast lake, bigger than all the Great ...

Ever wonder what the deepest lake in Arizona is? Here's what you want to know about the top spot for swimming, boating and ...