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.

Navy Band Great Lakes is coming to Milwaukee for a series of free public concerts as part of Milwaukee Navy Week.

Bipartisan legislation designed to help keep shipping lanes open in the winter and ultimately strengthen the midwestern ...

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

The golden oyster mushroom, a tasty species native to Asia, has proliferated in states around the Great Lakes and may crowd ...

Three sailors in Great Lakes, Ill., were arrested in late June as part of an anti-human trafficking operation in Lake County.

State officials say a proposed corrective action plan by Oakland County doesn't go far enough. Oakland official says state ...

More than 278,000 people were warned of dangerous lake conditions and told to avoid swimming until conditions improve.

Severe storms threaten Chicago, Milwaukee, and Denver on Wednesday as a clash of air masses brings the risk of damaging winds, hail, flash flooding, and even isolated tornadoes. The wet weather is ...

Whitefish have remained a staple in the Great Lakes for millennia, surviving threats that decimated other species. Now, they ...

Great Lakes trade has fueled the Midwest for centuries. Today, experts say its future is key to sustaining U.S. manufacturing, farming and economic security.