Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of […] ...

Of course, locking a spotted lanternfly in an enclosure with nothing but milkweed isn’t particularly representative of what ...

On June 6, 2026, a team of filmmakers and scientists explored the deepest area of the Great Lakes for the first time in 40 years. Superior Maximus is more than 1,300 feet beneath the surface of Lake ...

The move by tribes follows the Whitmer administration's request for a state agency to review the same permits using new ...

Fish kills are not uncommon in the Great Lakes region. Recently, more than 24,000 fish were killed on Ohio’s Maumee River.

Long before Trump’s tariff war and attempts to change the name of Lake Ontario, Canada and the U.S. made an agreement to clean up the most polluted sites on the Great Lakes. Just recently, Nipigon Bay ...

New plantings next to Ford Cover should start to establish and fill in, in the next few years according to Karl Koto. (Photo by: Lisa John Rogers) Within minutes, a blue dasher dragonfly darted by as ...

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS, Michigan Public and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information ...

Tick insect warning sign in nature forest. (Photo Credit: iStock) A walk through the woods is no longer the only place Midwesterners should watch for ticks. Researchers say the tiny parasites are ...

“Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy” is a new book by Thomas Nelson with Jeremy Podair. Below is an adapted excerpt from the chapter “Just Call Toby,” that details ...

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring ...