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

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...

CUMBERLAND ISLAND, GA – The oldest known Great Lakes piping plover was recently spotted at her favorite wintering grounds on ...

Well, the governor of Illinois had an important announcement regarding his own renaming of long-established geographical ...

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

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

A powerful winter storm that has been slamming the Plains and Midwest turned deadly after officials in Missouri say they’re ...

A massive $1.2 billion project intended to keep invasive fish out of the Great Lakes is on hold amid fears Donald Trump won't cover the federal government's share.

U.S. Senators from Michigan Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters are pushing new legislation Tuesday that would reauthorize the ...

Every year, more than 22 million pounds of plastic pollution enter the Great Lakes, according to a study by the Rochester Institute of Technology. While visible plastic waste is ...

Abdullatif Ahmed recalls his journey from Yemen to working on the icy waters of the Great Lakes, where Yemeni sailors shaped the region’s maritime history.

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