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

Big Fish Farms recently signed on to the 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge, an initiative aimed at reducing waste and maximizing the value of every catch.

In the 50-year period 1920-70, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock worked on the McArthur Lock at Sault Ste. Marie and built the southwest pier at that location to protect the Power Canal from out-of-control ...

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 ...

The warmest water temperature of the Great Lakes today is 81.1 degrees in Lake Erie and the coldest is at 65.1 degrees in Lake Michigan.

A feared invasion Perhaps nothing alarms Great Lakes ecologists more than the potential for invasive carp from Asia to establish a breeding population in the Great Lakes.