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

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

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.

The crash happened in 1959, despite advanced navigational equipment and efforts to improve safety on the lakes.

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

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

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

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

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

Beneath the hype, the region faces a host of both potential and very real climate-related problems. Many of these relate to ...

The National Weather Service said waves will build on July 6 and boaters and swimmers should use caution or even stay out of ...