Maritime travel on the Great Lakes dates back several centuries ... The ship was used to drop off and pick up lighthouse keepers at remote islands in Lake Superior amid dangerous conditions.

While the beaches and dunes provide a soothing vacation destination, the more than 100 lighthouses highlight the dangers its ...

Lake Erie, one of the region's five Great Lakes, lies on the southeast coast of Michigan. Here's what to know.

With an underwater drone named Rhody, archaeologists are mapping some of the dozens of sunken vessels in Lake Ontario.

and Madeline Island during the winter of 2014 ... Xenopoulos says it's expensive to capture the Great Lakes' spatial variability and the lakes require a lot of complicated infrastructure ...

She hatched in 2009 on North Manitou Island. “In addition to being the oldest female Great Lakes piping plover, she has also won the title of oldest known Great Lakes piping plover. This is ...

Early spring on the Great Lakes has historically seen a few major deadly disasters as shipping season kicks off. But the season isn't completely safe.