As of March 16, average ice cover across the lakes was roughly 13.5%. Lake Superior was at 9.2%, and Lake Michigan was at ...

All steelhead start life as rainbow trout, but not all rainbow trout will become steelhead. Confused? You’re not alone.

As of March 16, average ice cover across the lakes was roughly 13.5%. Lake Superior was at 9.2%, and Lake Michigan was at 10.7%.

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week when the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and reopen early ...

another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the ...

NOAA has been spearheading efforts to map the bottom of the Great Lakes. Katy Frank worked all day Feb. 27 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, revamping computer codes and ...

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that ...

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

A board of scientists has proposed a system to monitor microplastics in the Great Lakes. Currently, there’s no coordinated ...

The Great Lakes are some of North America’s most beautiful and prized bodies of water, but plastic pollution is becoming an issue across all five lakes. According to a January 2025 report from ...