North America had the highest diversity and density of freshwater mussels on Earth. Discover how the button industry contributed to their decline, leaving these vital species critically endangered ...

The Great Lakes have been brutally compromised over the years, by overfishing and industrial pollution for example, and more recently by the outbreak of toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie. Perhaps the ...

Great Lakes Fact or Fake? is a new book by Dave Dempsey. Below are adapted excerpts from the book, which bring readers along while he answers 41 myths about the Great Lakes. FACT or FAKE? There was a ...

Happy birthday, Michigan! The Mitten State was granted statehood on Jan. 26, 1837 — 188 years ago today. But many chapters of ...

Using multiple vessels, the American and Canadian coast guards were able to finally free the Manitoulin freighter, with 17 ...

The next year, summer 2023, Saros returned to find the familiar lakes utterly transformed. “You could see it right away,” she says. The water bodies had gone from crystal clear and blue–their rocky ...

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) closed at $11.77 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.86% move from the prior day. HOUSTON, Jan. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Great Lakes Dredge & Dock ...

We’ve done the 7 Most Leech-Infested Lakes In The United States now; let’s do the Cleanest! From the crystal-clear waters of Crater Lake in Oregon to the majestic Great Lakes of the Midwest, there are ...

The SC State Ports Authority had its best year since the pandemic with the equivalent of nearly 2.5 million 20-foot ...

Parliament is demanding an investigation into the apparent under-equipment of South Africa’s troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

After a record-breaking Gulf Coast storm, cities like New Orleans and Pensacola, Florida, have had more snow this winter than ...