Twenty more ships will float near Mackinac Island this year compared to 2024 as the state's Great Lakes see a rise in travelers and cruise line partnerships. Great Lakes cruises are projected to ...

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 ...

About 19.5 million tons of cargo has passed through the St. Lawrence Seaway to Great Lakes ports, including the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor and the Port of Chicago, according to the Great Lakes ...

Shipwrecks, after all, belong in the Mediterranean or the Arctic … don’t they? In fact, the Great Lakes make for a world-class shipwreck museum, albeit one that can be reached only by ...

Peak swimming temperatures in the Great Lakes typically occur in late summer/early fall. Swimming in cold lake water can lead to cold shock and hypothermia. The official start of summer is June 20 ...

and the appeal of its simulation of naval warfare was immediately apparent. The idea of learning its deep systems and mastering the controls in battles against veteran players, however ...

Thuss, a Wisconsin angler with a family legacy of shipwreck discoveries, has discovered one of the largest tugboats to ever tow on the Great Lakes, scrapped more than a century ago off the shores ...

It was during her time on the U.S. Brig Niagara, which she describes as a tall naval vessel that looks like a pirate ship, researching how chemical contaminants end up in the Great Lakes through ...

As it stands, almost all monitoring of the Great Lakes is done during the spring, summer and early fall months, according to a new report. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) The climate is changing.

Volunteers working with the Alliance for the Great Lakes pluck Styrofoam cups from the sand and catch grocery bags bouncing down the beach like tumbleweeds. Most of the trash they pick up is plastic.

Weather patterns are shifting. The globe is warming — and that includes the Great Lakes. The five interconnected freshwater North American lakes attract significant study in the summer ...