Mayflies are harmless, don't bite, and indicate a healthy water environment. Communities along the Great Lakes are preparing ...

Officials see below-average water levels compared to 2024 for the Great Lakes. Here are the updated levels for June.

Michigan has officially missed its deadline to reduce phosphorus pollution in Lake Erie.  Despite 10 years of work and millions of dollars spent on the effort, Michigan and its neighbors missed the ...

Michigan, Ohio and Ontario failed to reduce the total phosphorus entering Lake Erie in 10 years. State officials and ...

Lake Erie is plagued by toxic cyanobacterial blooms fed by phosphorus runoff from farm fields. Michigan is struggling to ...

Lake Ontario, one of the region's five Great Lakes, is the only one that doesn't border Michigan. Here's what to know.

William C. Sterling State Park lies along the shoreline of Lake Erie, offering camping, beaches and fishing. Here's what to know.

Paul Den Uyl, a scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research who led the recent study, extracted and ...

Lake Ontario, one of the region's five Great Lakes, is the only one that doesn't border Michigan. Here's what to know.

University of Michigan researchers said they have identified the specific cyanobacteria responsible for harmful algal blooms ...

Reducing phosphorus pollution getting from the River Raisin watershed in southern Michigan into Lake Erie could help reduce the toxic cyanobacterial blooms that plague the lake’s western basin ...