For decades, officials have worried the fish could wreak disaster on the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and the ...

On Aug. 24, 2023, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney of the Western District of Michigan approved the proposed 2023 Great Lakes Fishing Decree. As of March 1, the decree is now in effect for the next 24 ...

As whitefish disappear from the lower Great Lakes, scientists are hatching emergency rescue plans. One idea: Taking fish out of the lakes and raising them indefinitely in ponds for safekeeping.

CHICAGO — A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled ...

HAMMOND BAY, Mich. — An invasive species, sea lamprey nearly drained the life out of the Great Lakes, latching onto its lucrative fishery with a suction cup mouth, threatening the livelihoods of the ...

Four Michigan tribes and the state and federal government renegotiated fishing rights in the Great Lakes last year, without the Sault tribe’s consent Now, the tribe is suing, arguing it can’t be held ...

Great Lakes winter science is growing, but improved capacity and co-ordination are essential to keep pace with changing ...

A group of representatives of nonprofit environmental organizations, academia and local government on Tuesday protested proposed Trump administration cuts to Great Lakes science The coalition members ...

With their eel-like bodies, vampire teeth and suction cup mouths, the main characters of a new documentary resemble something out of the “Dune” science fiction films. The sea lamprey nearly destroyed ...

The Great Lakes are losing their winters to climate change. Explore the 'warming winter syndrome,' its effect on ice cover ...

MICHIGAN, USA — A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been ...