A freighter takes on water in Lake Superior and a lawsuit over farming on wetlands.

As the market for floatovoltaics explodes, scientists are studying how to make the systems also work for waterbirds and other organisms.

Few fish are as synonymous with Michigan as whitefish. Pushed to the edge by invasive species, their struggle is the tip of a ...

The review is a major step toward a permitting decision on the controversial proposal to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac.

Researchers have identified a species of blue-green algae in the Duluth-Superior harbor that’s capable of producing harmful ...

In a new book, archeologists who study past societies of the Great Lakes agree “you are what you eat,” but they say there’s a ...

In nature, a lot can change on a largely uninhabited Great Lakes island over the course of a century. That includes the ...

Volunteers and conservation groups and agencies are in the jack pine forests this week, counting the Kirtland's warbler which ...

The largest lake sturgeon spawning site in the Great Lakes is difficult for even the most skilled of divers to reach, let ...

Ron Reimink knew how uncomfortable and annoying swimmer’s itch could be. He spent much of his adult life trying to eradicate ...

Chicago-area Sun Metalon removes gunk and grime from metal slivers normally thrown away, helping to reduce emissions from ...

Conservation advocates are petitioning the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to list the gray wolf as a ...