Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Natalie Phelps Finnie on Monday wrote in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Water levels of the upper Great Lakes are expected to drop to near or significantly below their historical summer averages ...

To that end, the nonprofit Great Lakes Observing System, or GLOS, is asking ice fishing anglers and others who go out on the ...

Officials: Flu outbreak ‘should not have a significant impact’ on 4 million eared grebes that migrate through the region ...

Since November 2024, approximately 15,000 to 25,000 eared grebes have died along the Great Salt Lake, according to the Utah ...

Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials from Chicago have been aiding a poor, predominantly white Ohio village upended ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

New research suggests an ancient hotspot helped shape the Great Lakes, challenging traditional formation theories.

The recently remodeled 'white on white' home sits on a 5.5-acre property with over 400 feet of private Lake Michigan beach ...

A strong storm is expected to bring moderate to heavy snowfall across parts of the Upper Great Lakes on Saturday before intensifying overnight across the Northeast.

Two men died over the weekend in Lake County in separate, unrelated homicides, authorities said. There have not been arrests announced in either incident. A 24-year-old Waukegan man died from a ...