The Trump administration is planning a mass layoff of federal employees who conduct research of Great Lakes fisheries.

Chicago scientists are on the front lines, dedicating their time to finding solutions for the environmental threats facing ...

The Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Michigan, said it wasn't able to coordinate a headstone cleaning event on ...

The Great Lakes are seeing near-record warm water temperatures right now, which means there’s a higher chance for lake effect ...

Michigan legislators have approved a new state budget that slashes millions of dollars from the Department of Environment, ...

Along the southern shoreline of the Upper Peninsula on Lake Michigan, south to Charlevoix, and to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, a ...

Microplastics are everywhere: in our water, our food and even our bodies.  At under 5mm in size – smaller than a pencil ...

Lake effect snow is common in our region during the late fall and winter months. It develops when cold air moves over the ...

As whitefish disappear from the lower Great Lakes, scientists are hatching emergency rescue plans. One idea: Taking fish out of the lakes and raising them indefinitely in ponds for safekeeping.

Frank is back in the Great Lakes after canoeing to Florida and back.

Strong winds over the weekend created huge waves on the Great Lakes and led the Mackinac Bridge Authority to issue a wind advisory, with some areas recording gusts over 60 mph.

A Michigan-based family-owned breakfast and lunch restaurant with two other locations has opened a third along the Grand ...