Changes in ecosystems mean bad news for lake whitefish and those who love it. The species' population is rapidly declining in some areas of the Great Lakes.

Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes was built on lake whitefish, but for the past two decades, that species has been on the decline. It's now on the brink of collapse in parts of two of the lakes.

In January 2025, mud samples collected from one of the earliest (now decommissioned) enclosures revealed that the protected kākahi have successfully reached the next life cycle stage too: tiny baby ...

While the science is clear – wetlands have lots of benefits and we know how to build more of them – the future is not. The ...

Matthew Tkach and Sydney Bickerstaff share their unique lifestyle on Bay City's 85-foot schooner Appledore IV, teaching Great ...

A new study reveals significant changes in the global freshwater oxygen cycle. Rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs aren’t ...

The long-term consequences of this change on the lake ecosystem are still being studied. This phenomenon is part of a larger trend of warming winters and declining ice cover in the Great Lakes region.