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 ...

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

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

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) closed at $11.17 in the latest trading session, marking a +2.29% move from the prior day.

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

A mysterious tar-like liquid appeared on the deck of the R/V Blue Heron, a research vessel exploring Lake Superior. When the ...

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.

Excessive infrastructure spending, climate change and a strained regulatory system add costs for ratepayers, advocates say.

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

The harborside aquarium, now one of Duluth's most popular attractions, was once an unlikely prospect — and weathered years of ...