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

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

Shipping has a long history in the Great Lakes. Here's why it still matters today. Gavin Newsom reacts as Trump admin pulls ...

The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has advanced the "Great Lakes Icebreaker Act of 2025," a bipartisan bill led by U.S. Reps. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Mich.), Tony Wied (R-Wis ...

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.

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

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

High instability, rich moisture, and shifting winds can turn these storms severe, capable of producing strong winds, hail, ...

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