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

EMPIRE, MI -- Wildlife photographer Thomas Gerndt was watching the sunset dip into Lake Michigan when a friend pointed out ...

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

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

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 ...

Heavy rain, strong winds and the potential for tornadoes are threatening parts of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes on ...

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

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

Teen apprentices at Spy Hop learned about the Great Salt Lake through a partnership with local journalists and experts via ...

Swimming is most comfortable in lake waters at about 70 degrees, according to Swimoutlet.com. While scattered thunderstorms ...

The warmest water temperature of the Great Lakes today is 81.1 degrees in Lake Erie and the coldest is at 65.1 degrees in ...