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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Navy Band Great Lakes is offering free performances in this Milwaukee Navy Week. The performances are being held daily ...

Experts say there are dangerous levels of contamination in over half of coastal and great lakes beaches in the U.S.

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

Eighty years after a U.S. airman went missing in World War II, his family has received a token to remember him by.