From the 17th century fur trade to today's iron ore industry, the Great Lakes has a long and important history of maritime trade.

As U.S. butterfly populations face declines, the John Ball Zoo has launched a program to save these insects in a race against extinction.

Discovery Cruises, leaving from Lake St. Clair Metropark, begin Friday. Speakers talk about everything from shipwrecks to ...

Yet, in action, the conservation of the Great Lakes and their abundant natural resources has been ultimately unsuccessful, ...

A historic tugboat is making waves at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, providing cadets with new training opportunities.The ...

Poking its way through the backwaters of Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River well into the 20th century was a fleet of little schooner-rigged vessels that played a ...