Gabby, the oldest Great Lakes piping plover, had two new chicks at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. Read the full story by MLive.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline beneath a Great Lakes […]
Lake whitefish have survived and fed Michiganders for centuries, but celebrations of this culturally and economically important fish have taken a bittersweet tone as they near collapse. Read the full […]
Artificial intelligence data centers consume massive amounts of water for cooling servers and generating electricity. It is currently unknown exactly how much water these centers are already withdrawing from the […]
Researchers at Michigan State University are using genealogy to determine if the lake whitefish population in the Great Lakes is too low. Read the full story by WILX-TV – Lansing, […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced nearly $4 million will support farmer water quality efforts in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Great Lakes Program Office Director says awarded projects […]
Biologists released lake sturgeon into the Great Lakes this June. The ancient species is a longtime resident of the regional waters around Michigan and efforts have been ongoing to conserve […]
An invasive fish that’s getting dangerously close to the waters of Lake Michigan, is slowly finding a new fate in the form of a dog treat. And pets are taking […]
As the Fourth of July approaches, travelers are heading to the Great Lakes to celebrate. In Michigan, Lake Michigan near Saint Joseph has warmed up due to recent hot weather, […]
Transgender swimmer, Lev Goldberg, is training for a record-setting swim across the Great Lakes, with the goal of increasing trans representation and inspiring trans youth. Read the full story by […]
‘Ship goo’ was found oozing out of a University of Minnesota Duluth research vessel’s rudder shaft. DNA sequencing revealed it was a previously unknown microbe species. It seems to thrive […]