Whalebacks were invented and designed by Capt. Alexander McDougall (1845-1923), a Scottish immigrant and industrialist.

President Trump signed a memorandum to expedite measures preventing invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. The memorandum urges Illinois to cooperate with the Brandon Road Lock and Dam ...

While the AU and regional bodies promote the notion of ‘African solutions to African problems’, the lack of tangible results in the Great Lakes casts doubt on the viability of this slogan-made policy.

Thirteen years after the first M23 crisis, these new clashes bear out the enduring instability in the Great Lakes region. Mutual accusations between the DRC and Rwanda persist. Kigali accuses Kinshasa ...

This spring, the Science Center is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Steamship William G. Mather.