EMPIRE, MI -- Wildlife photographer Thomas Gerndt was watching the sunset dip into Lake Michigan when a friend pointed out ...

The crash happened in 1959, despite advanced navigational equipment and efforts to improve safety on the lakes.

Photographer David Zurick’s 'Third Coast' celebrates the Great Lakes’ 4,500-mile shoreline, which covers more distance than ...

The fish are prized table fare and important to tribal commercial fishers, but their numbers are shrinking, particularly in ...

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

The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen ...

Most of Michigan's Great Lakes and inland lakes have reached a suitable swimming temperature. Here are the current water ...

Alliance for the Great Lakes calls for use of enforceable regulations to prevent toxic algal blooms. Michigan agency says the ...

The Port Huron area has its own lakefront beaches, but you can check out some of USA TODAY's 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards ...

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

Great Lakes trade has fueled the Midwest for centuries. Today, experts say its future is key to sustaining U.S. manufacturing, farming and economic security.