The State of the Great Lakes report is released every three years by the U.S. and Canadian governments.

More than a quarter of the Great Lakes are covered in ice after cold weather settled in.

Michigan and Illinois lawmakers say an unexplained federal review threatens to slow the long-awaited Lake Michigan invasive ...

Hazardous lake-effect snowbands are expected to persist through Wednesday as Arctic air continues to pour over the warmer ...

CLEVELAND — U.S. Coast Guard ships worked in icy waters on the Great Lakes on Jan. 21 to help large cargo boats that were stuck in ice. Two Coast Guard cutters — the Mackinaw and the Neah Bay — broke ...

January, it's not long before the Great Lakes' largest ships dock for the season. Here's where to find them until March.

This winter, the Great Lakes have experienced significant temperature fluctuations leading to rapid changes in ice coverage, ...

The Great Lakes are home to all kinds of wild life, including the lake sturgeon: an aquatic wonder that grows up to seven ...

Last year, maritime archaeologists revisited the "Northerner" in Lake Michigan and captured hundreds of still images, which ...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Michigan, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, helped secure funding for high-impact, ...

The number of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes has gone down after regular control and treatment efforts resumed.

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the ...