Piping Plover females are the first to leave the Great Lakes and head south, leaving dad to finish raising the chicks.

The crash happened in 1959, despite advanced navigational equipment and efforts to improve safety on the lakes.

Researchers Discovered a New Life Form In 'Ship Goo' Recovered From the Great Lakes Research Vessel A mysterious tar-like liquid appeared on the deck of the R/V Blue Heron, a research vessel exploring ...

As U.S. butterfly populations face declines, the John Ball Zoo has launched a program to save these insects in a race against extinction.

Photographer David Zurick’s 'Third Coast' celebrates the Great Lakes’ 4,500-mile shoreline, which covers more distance than ...

The great white birds have been hanging out in the Great Lakes consistently over the past couple decades. Data from the past 25 years shows Michigan’s coastline lined with pelican sightings. There’s a ...

On a recent flight home to Salt Lake City, I gazed out the window and shuddered. The ground below was riddled with cracks.

Excessive infrastructure spending, climate change and a strained regulatory system add costs for ratepayers, advocates say.

High instability, rich moisture, and shifting winds can turn these storms severe, capable of producing strong winds, hail, ...

Beneath the hype, the region faces a host of both potential and very real climate-related problems. Many of these relate to ...

Several international crew members working aboard two ships operated by Victory Cruise Lines were recently removed from the ...