The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a surge in sea lamprey populations, which have been damaging Great Lakes native species ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge ...

Take an underwater journey as researchers deploy sonar technology to map the lakebed to document organisms that call it home. The goal is to provide data to fishery and hatchery managers and those ...

Changes in ecosystems have transformed the fishing industry, and that's bad news for whitefish in the Great Lakes. The fish is an important and popular commercial species, but its numbers in some of ...

An expert predicted that amid the White House's crackdown on illegal immigration on the southern border, bad actors will naturally turn to the northern border.

Environmental Protection Agency Director Lee Zeldin issued guidance to limit federal protections for wetlands last week that ...

Through April, the program invites members of the public to nominate a local nonprofit or charity to receive a $10,000 ...

A new study shows that after sea lamprey control efforts were stopped or scaled back during the COVID-19 pandemic, the invasive species surged on the Great Lakes. Sea lampreys are a parasite, feeding ...

Researchers at ‪Michigan Technological University's Great Lakes Research Center are mapping the lakebeds using cutting-edge technology.

The Great Lakes are generally lower than normal now, and expected to rise about a normal amount through summer. This forecast is based on average amounts of precipitation. If we did get into a ...

The Great Lakes Water Authority is assessing steel pipes in its 800-mile system for "similar circumstances" to the break that ...

Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes on a recent clear day (December 22, 2019), showing less than 2% overall ice cover, about normal for this point in the winter, mainly in Green Bay and ...