Conservation officials confirmed this year is a record-breaking nesting season for the federally endangered shorebird.

Most of Michigan's Great Lakes' water levels are below their 2024 monthly averages. Since May 6, 2025, the Great Lakes have seen a slight rise, ranging from 1-7 inches. Levels are expected to rise ...

Fisherman discovers century-old Great Lakes shipwreck. Finding long lost vessels also runs in the family, apparently. By Andrew Paul. Published May 19, 2025 2:37 PM EDT.

On Feb. 13, the combined ice cover across the Great Lakes was 7.3%, breaking the old record from 2002. The historical average for ice cover season-to-date is 40%.

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.

A dugout canoe used by indigenous people 3,000 years ago recently recovered from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota is the oldest canoe ever found in the Great Lakes region, the Wisconsin Historical ...

Inside the Great Lakes Research Center, biologists, geologists, engineers, chemists, remote-sensing specialists, and computer scientists work together along Michigan Tech's Innovation Shore. Our ...

To put it into perspective, the five Great Lakes of the US hold about 22,700 km3 of water, with the largest, ... formed by a continental rift estimated to be 25 to 30 million years old, ...

How a 128-year-old Great Lakes shipwreck was found thanks to ... A 2020 report from the U.S. Geological Survey stated that efforts to control the species in the Great Lakes cost about $500 ...

Though Cleveland is home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, this Great Lakes city is not exactly known for its raucous atmosphere. But that wasn't always the case; from the 1920s to the 1960s, the ...

According to research by Beth Wallace, Great Lakes climate and energy director at the National Wildlife Federation, 33 such cases in the last 50 years spilled 1.13 million gallons of oil as ...