The pocket watch was preserved underwater in the wreckage of the Great Lakes deadliest shipwreck for decades. This spring, it made its way home to England, hand delivered by a Michigan historian ...

Spencer, Iowa (RI) — Iowa tourism officials estimate there are about 25 hundred miles of paved bicycle trails in the state, and a new stretch of trail in northwest Iowa […] ...

Few cut such a surreal sight as the massive spherical buoy that stranded on a Gwynedd beach this week. Looking like an out-sized Christmas bauble, online it was likened to a “dragon’s egg”.

Heat waves and cold spells are now more common on the Great Lakes, according to U-M research, with implications for the region's weather, economy and ecology. Study: Climate change-induced ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) is hosting a day of festivities for the grand opening of its expansion later this month. On Saturday, June 28, NMGL will celebrate ...

Amid drastic cuts to science programs, grants and funding, Great Lakes scientists are converging in Milwaukee this week to talk about resilience – not just in the lakes, but science itself. More ...

The U.S. Great Lakes Waterfront Trail initiative is a joint effort by CSG Midwest and eight Great Lakes states to develop a recreational trail.

Great Lakes scientists gathered in Milwaukee to discuss resilience in the lakes and scientific research amid proposed federal budget cuts. The conference, hosted by the International Association ...

Heat waves and cold spells are part of life on the Great Lakes. But new research from the University of Michigan shows that is true today in a fundamentally different way than it was even 30 years ...

The Great Lakes remain well below comfortable — or even safe — swimming temperatures, according to water temperature monitoring. Swimming is most comfortable in lake waters at about 70 degrees ...

The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is enroute to the West Coast ahead of its August commissioning in Alaska, marking a milestone in the effort to rebuild U.S. defenses in the Arctic Region.