Thousands of pounds of plastic pellets spilled alongside the Kalamazoo River, but researchers say the incident reflects a ...

The combined ice coverage total for all of the Great Lakes peaked at 58 percent on February 9. The current ice coverage on ...

Lake Erie, which reached a peak of 95.6% last week, now stands at 83.53% ice cover. Lake St. Clair is at 89.91% cover, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, a National ...

Fisheries researchers are turning to river stocking in an effort to rebuild whitefish numbers after decades of steep decline.

Thick ice grew on Michigan's Great Lakes over the weekend, Feb. 1, and more may develop from this week's Arctic air. See the current coverage.

Across the Great Lakes, a network of buoys provides real-time data about waves, wind, and ice. In 2025, one buoy broke free, ...

Study details Great Lakes research centers’ strengths, gaps on Indigenous needs, and risks from federal funding cuts, urging collaboration.