Amid a population crash of Michigan’s staple lake whitefish, fisheries experts told regulators that more research needs to be done to discover how to stem the scourge of invasive mussels. Without that ...

The Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition is exploring the connection between health and climate change, and wants to hear from the public.

A pending court case could impact farmers across the country. At issue is a USDA rule aimed at protecting wetlands called “Swampbuster.” In place since 1985, it’s being challenged in court by an ...

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

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

Eight months past a federal deadline, more than 90 percent of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could be unsafe.

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

Excessive infrastructure spending, climate change and a strained regulatory system add costs for ratepayers, advocates say.

Scattered across Great Lakes shores in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Ontario, Great Lakes piping plovers are nesting and reproducing this year. Since being put on the Endangered ...

Your guide to the agencies and programs responsible for emergency services and disaster aid, how to return home and clean up ...